Famous Viking Warrior Was a Woman, DNA Reveals
Famous Viking Warrior Was a Woman, DNA Reveals
New evidence forces reconsideration of a well-known gravesite-and may shed light on Viking gender roles.
By Michael Greshko • Published September 12, 2017
More than a millennium ago in what’s now southeastern Sweden, a wealthy Viking warrior was laid to rest, in a resplendent grave filled with swords, arrowheads, and two sacrificed horses. The site reflected the ideal of Viking male warrior life, or so many archaeologists had thought.
New DNA analyses of the bones, however, confirm a revelatory find: the grave belonged to a woman.
The study, published recently in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, sends ripples of surprise through archaeologists’ understanding of the Vikings, medieval seafarers who traded and raided across Europe for centuries. (Explore how Vikings really lived in National Geographic magazine.)
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New evidence forces reconsideration of a well-known gravesite-and may shed light on Viking gender roles.
By Michael Greshko • Published September 12, 2017
More than a millennium ago in what’s now southeastern Sweden, a wealthy Viking warrior was laid to rest, in a resplendent grave filled with swords, arrowheads, and two sacrificed horses. The site reflected the ideal of Viking male warrior life, or so many archaeologists had thought.
New DNA analyses of the bones, however, confirm a revelatory find: the grave belonged to a woman.
The study, published recently in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, sends ripples of surprise through archaeologists’ understanding of the Vikings, medieval seafarers who traded and raided across Europe for centuries. (Explore how Vikings really lived in National Geographic magazine.)
Click headline for story
This entry was originally posted at https://thnidu.dreamwidth.org/1811889.html. You can comment here, or there using OpenID or your Dreamwidth ID.
comments there so far.