Charlotte Hedenstierna-Jonson, Uppsala University: 3325 Followers, 273 Following, 55 Research papers. Research interests: Medieval Studies, Medieval History,…
Vikingská válečnice z Birky je pohřeb vikingské ženy s výbavou elitního vikingského bojovníka z 10. století objevený v 70. letech 19. století v Birce ve Švédsku.
Although the remains had been thought to be of a male warrior since the grave's excavation in 1878, both a 2014 osteological analysis and a 2017 DNA study proved that the remains were of a female.
This paper is a critical response to the recently published ‘A Female Viking Warrior Confirmed by Genomics’ (Hedenstierna-Jonson and others, 2017). Its purpose is to investigate the archaeological sources involved in the DNA research on…