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The bones of Birka : unraveling the mystery of a female Viking warrior
\"How many female Viking warriors does it take to make a fact? When archaeologist Dr. Charlotte Hedenstierna-Jonson discovers that the bones contained in the most significant Viking warrior grave ever opened are in fact female, she and her team upend centuries of historically accepted conclusions and ignite a furious debate around the reality of female Viking warriors and the role of gender in both ancient and modern times. In The Bones of Birka, author C. M. Surrisi introduces young readers to the events that led up to this discovery and the impact it has had on scientists' and historians' views of gender roles in ancient societies and today. This is the inside account of the Birka warrior grave Bj 581 archaeological endeavor, including all of the dreams, setbacks, frustrations, excitement, politics, and personalities that went into this history-changing discovery. The finding has raised crucial questions about research bias, academic dialogue, and gender identity.\"- Dust jacket.
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The Valkyries’ Loom
In The Valkyries' Loom , Michèle Hayeur Smith examines
Viking textiles as evidence of the little-known work of women in
the Norse colonies that expanded from Scandinavia across the North
Atlantic in the ninth century AD. While previous researchers have
overlooked textiles as insignificant artifacts, Hayeur Smith is the
first to use them to understand gender and economy in Norse
societies of the North Atlantic.
This groundbreaking study is based on the author's systematic
comparative analysis of the vast textile collections in Iceland,
Greenland, Denmark, Scotland, and the Faroe Islands, materials that
are largely unknown even to archaeologists and span 1,000 years.
Through these garments and fragments, Hayeur Smith provides new
insights into how the women of these island nations influenced
international trade by producing cloth ( vaðmál ); how they
shaped the development of national identities by creating clothing;
and how they helped their communities survive climate change by
reengineering clothes during the Little Ice Age. She supplements
her analysis by revealing societal attitudes about weaving through
the poem \"Darraðarljoð\" from Njál's Saga , in which the
Valkyries-Óðin's female warrior spirits-produce the cloth of
history and decide the fates of men and nations.
Bringing Norse women and their labor to the forefront of
research, Hayeur Smith establishes the foundation for a gendered
archaeology of the North Atlantic that has never been attempted
before. This monumental and innovative work contributes to global
discussions about the hidden roles of women in past societies in
preserving tradition and guiding change.
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