A silver terminal for a Viking cap found in Birka grave Bj 581 (the female warrior burial): http://mis.historiska.se/mis/sok/fid.asp?fid=106830 …pic.twitter.com/oRwfJ1J0dh
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(Only fair to note, btw, that Jesch a sceptic re: possibility of female warriors+considers them legendary eg. http://blog.britishmuseum.org/viking-women-warriors-and-valkyries/ …, 2014)
Incidentally, needs to be emphasized here that is possible to be too sceptical, & some criticisms not necessarily wholly fair. Definitely >
> potential for caveats+cautions that aren't fully developed in paper, but strikes me we're long way from 'debunking', contrary to some… >
> My take, fwiw, is that seems reasonable to believe remains *are* those of Bj 581, reading supp data, & scepticism not really justified. >
> Likewise, authors do a valuable service in removing the traditional 'the osteologists must be wrong' objection to female weapons burials.>
> And finally, authors make important point that 'Male individuals in burials w/ a similar material record are not questioned in the same >
> way' & 'interpretation should be made in a similar manner regardless of the biological sex of the interred individual'. >
> In my view, it's a fascinating paper; caveats possible+important to note re: exact interpretation (see above), but it is worth defending.
In sum, I don't have major issue w/ paper, I don't think you should either, & some critiques go too far; see alsohttps://twitter.com/preshitorian/status/907186879656873986 …
Essentially, amount of scepticism we exhibit over interpreting 581 as a warrior should be similar to that which we'd show if they were XY :)
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