Shield-maidens and Norse Amazons Reconsidered Women and Weapons in Viking Age Burials in Norway
This paper provides new insights into the custom of burying women with weapons in Viking Age Norway. Possible female graves furnished with swords, axe heads, spearheads and arrowheads are known from Rogaland, Sogn og Fjordane, Telemark, Trøndelag and Vestfold, and although each case is unique, they...
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Autor principal: | Leszek Gardeła |
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Lenguaje: | NB SV |
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Norsk arkeologisk selskap
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://doaj.org/article/65493ac5bc9e4a9292e6c048c55edb50 |
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