> worth noting too that that this need not mean that all weapons burials, irrespective of whether male or female, were those of warriors; >
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> compare here the situation in Anglo-Saxon England, e.g. https://www.academia.edu/468160/Warrior_graves_The_background_of_the_Anglo-Saxon_weapon_burial_rite._Past_and_Present_126_February_1990._22-43 … & https://www.academia.edu/482461/Changing_symbols_in_a_changing_society_the_Anglo-Saxon_weapon_burial_rite_in_the_seventh_century._In_M._Carver_ed._._The_age_of_Sutton_Hoo._Woodbridge_Boydell_Press_1992._149-165 … Third, worth noting that study >
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> tells us about genetics of person in Bj 581, but not necessarily their identity in life. All told, however, is def a fascinating study :)
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Someone pointed out that even if she was in military service, she likely never saw combat because the male graves have weapon wounds (1/2)
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Not according to the authors, fwiw.... 'However, contrary to what could be expected, weapon related wounds (and trauma in general) >
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> are not common in the inhumation burials at Birka (e.g., 2 out of 49 confirmed males showed signs of sharp force trauma)' (p.6)...
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Replying to @caitlinrgreen
Well not all of the males had weapon wounds no, but none of the females did, and Birka was also an international site.
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My point was simply that I don't think a lack of injuries is a game-changer :) What I would like to have seen in paper is some discussion >
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> of evidence re: muscle development etc (iirc, Harke discusses this when arguing for symbolic weapons burials in Anglo-Saxon England)...
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I agree. One Sarmato-Alanic woman who we know was a front-line lancer from the Pontic Sphere had distended bones.
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Interesting! Yes, def could have been usefully discussed.
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