Essays about: "Alicia Halvardsson"

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  1. 1. Blood and Magic : A microstudy of associations between Viking Age women and their weapons.

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antikens kultur

    Author : Alicia Halvardsson; [2021]
    Keywords : Viking Age; women; weapon graves; warriors; vǫlva; magic; combat; Nordre Kjølen; Bj-581; Gerdrup; Kaupang; Aunvoll;

    Abstract : This thesis discusses what associations Viking Age women and weapons had according to extant sources and how they can present in the grave material. In order to achieve this, literary sources, iconographic representations, and grave material are studied and compared in order to reach a deeper understanding of these associations and what they look like in the archaeology. READ MORE