> a brief discussion of the burial & attempts to lay to rest concerns that the skeletal remains analysed might not have come from Bj 581. >
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> Second, authors argue that shouldn't assume weapons buried in female graves=symbolic but those in male=indicative of warriors. However, >
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> 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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Dr Caitlin Green Retweeted Ryan T. Goodman
Some similar & additional caveats here, fwiw, by Judith Jesch :)https://twitter.com/RTGoodman/status/906587395616899073 …
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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)
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Incidentally, needs to be emphasized here that is possible to be too sceptical, & some criticisms not necessarily wholly fair. Definitely >
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> potential for caveats+cautions that aren't fully developed in paper, but strikes me we're long way from 'debunking', contrary to some… >
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Seems unlikely a female warrior was commonplace then, perhaps more notable for their being an exception. Marked out by the gods perhaps.
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Yes, don't think anyone is saying commonplace, but def possible, I think :)
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