The Vikings also introduced coinage and better ship-building techniques.
Ship-building was one of the areas where the Vikings brought about improvements.
Archaeologists, still unsure of what was involved, suggest that the gorgeously painted scenes of dancing satyrs, flagellation, and a woman kneeling before a sacred phallus indicate rites that the town preferred to keep at a decorous distance, in this splendid suburban villa, most likely the home of a priestess.