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...
Enregistré dans:
Auteur principal: | Leszek Gardeła |
---|---|
Format: | article |
Langue: | NB SV |
Publié: |
Norsk arkeologisk selskap
2021
|
Sujets: | |
Accès en ligne: | https://doaj.org/article/65493ac5bc9e4a9292e6c048c55edb50 |
Tags: |
Ajouter un tag
Pas de tags, Soyez le premier à ajouter un tag!
|
Documents similaires
-
Women, War and Words: a Verbal Archaeology of Shield-maidens
par: Judith Jesch
Publié: (2021) -
Revisiting the Norse on the Western Isles from a Landscape Perspective
par: Joseph Thomas Ryder
Publié: (2021) -
The Four Petty Kingdoms of Upplǫnd: Equestrian Graves and the Political Integration of the Norwegian Highlands in Late Viking Age Norway
par: Frode Iversen
Publié: (2021) -
Viking Wars - An introduction
par: Karoline Kjesrud, et autres
Publié: (2021) -
Down by the River: Exploring the Logistics of Viking Encampment across Atlantic Europe
par: Christian Cooijmans
Publié: (2021)