Links to articles and picture sources here: Hedenstierna-Johnson, Charlotte Zachrisson, Torun and Kjellstrom, Anna. (2019) Viking Warrior Women? Reassessing Birka chamber grave BJ 581. Antiquity (93) 367: 181-198. February 2019. DOI:10.15184/aqy.2018.258. Accessed: www.researchgate.net/publication/331170931_Viking_warrior_women_Reassessing_Birka_chamber_grave_Bj581. Hedenstierna-Jonson, Charlotte (2006). The Birka Warrior: The material culture of a martial society. Doctoral Thesis in Archaeological Science 2006, Stockholm University. Sweden by Intellecta Docusys, Stockholm 2006 .Archaeological Research Laboratory, Stockholm University. Accessed: www.academia.edu/1429897/The_Birka_Warrior_the_material_culture_of_a_martial_society?auto=download&email_work_card=download-paper. Hedenstierna-Jonson, Charlotte and Holmquist, Lena (2006). The oriental mounts from Birka's Garrison: an expression of warrior rank and status. Kungl Vitterhets Historie, Jan 1, 2006. Accessed www.academia.edu/1429954/The_oriental_mounts_from_Birkas_Garrison_an_expression_of_warrior_rank_and_status?email_work_card=view-paper. Selected Art from the following ETSY sellers StudioMagicalMoments (larger full screen digital art) Linogant (viking clip art) Big X Studio (images of chests ) LuminousVRSPrints (roman legion marching) For All Images Used and Sources See Video Description Below UNESCO Satellite Picture of Birka and Hovgarden whc.unesco.org/en/list/555/maps/. VIKINGS VALHALLA (2022) PICTURE screenrant.com/vikings-valhalla-uppsala-sweden-real-world-location-explained/. Vikings TV show (2013) at upsala www.medievalists.net/2014/07/viking-human-sacrifices-hollywood-vs-reality/. Generic shaft tomb picture www.researchgate.net/figure/Schematic-illustrations-of-shaft-tombs-observed-by-Verneau-and-Rivet-in-Carchi-province_fig3_330140760. Coloured map of birka lucris.lub.lu.se/ws/files/35490534/Isotopes_Birka_main.pdf. Arkeonews (2024). Archaeologists Uncovered Rich Viking Women’s Graves in Norway. Dec, 30th, 2024. Accessed: arkeonews.net/archaeologists-uncovered-rich-viking-womens-graves-in-norway/. Temple of uppsala en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_at_Uppsala. Lagetha pics and burka grave reconstructed bavipower.com/blogs/bavipower-viking-blog/burial-in-birka-shieldmaiden-existed-or-scholars-rewrote-history. Picture of Upsalla en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_at_Uppsala#/media/File:Gamla_uppsala.jpg Engraving of uppsala Adam of Bremen, from Olaus Magnus' Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus (1555). 4th cen AD the migration process en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Migration_Period. Large map of sweden . Closer 2 maps of birka and hovgarden, Sweden the archaeological unesco sites visitworldheritage.com/en/eu/birka-and-hovg%C3%A5rden-sweden/ee9de531-5a13-4032-9460-d892ac0fc712. Vangarian trade routes en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rus%27_people#/media/File:Varangian_routes.png. Rus viking adam behan (actor) www.imdb.com/name/nm7728725/mediaviewer/rm2517160961/. VIKINGS VALHALLA CONSTANTINOPLE riot-us.com/2024/07/11/vikings-valhalla-season-3/. Leif (Sam Corlett) featured Varangian guard generic picture facebook.com/talesofvalhalla.official. Generic cavalry archer picture leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=133892.0. Christian gods vs paganism bavipower.com/blogs/bavipower-viking-blog/vikings-how-the-pagans-became-christians-part-2-of-2. Anskar Converting the Vikings to Christianity, 826 AD Wenzel Tornøe Original Title: Ansgar Date: 1895 www.wikiart.org/en/wenzel-tornoe/the-monk-ansgar-preaching-for-the-heathen-danes-in-826-1895. Picture of Harold Bluetooth ( 1565-1585) www.thecollector.com/harald-bluetooth-viking-technology/. Originally from Thought.co.com Portrait of Harald Bluetooth, 1565-1585, via the National Museum of Denmark. Harald Bluetooth being baptized around 960 by Bishop Poppo the missionary commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1200_Harald_Bl%C3%A5tand_anagoria.jpg. Thor’s amulet picture en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mj%C3%B6lnir. Prince oleg of Novgorod and Ivart The Boneless from Vikings (2013) metro.co.uk/2019/12/05/vikings-fans-totally-ship-prince-oleg-ivar-boneless-bromance-season-6-premiere-drops-11278761/. HBO Rome scenes taken from (2005) www.imdb.com/title/tt0688358/mediaviewer/rm4113097985/?ref_=tt_ph_1_3. www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/jun/26/rome-dvd-box-set-review. www.denofgeek.com/tv/could-hbo-rome-movie-still-happen/. Ray Stevenson picture taken from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Stevenson. Ray Stevenson March 18, 2014 Sword found at Birka commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Double-edged_sword_from_a_grave_in_Birka.jpg. Laminar armour kingdomcomedeliverance-archive.fandom.com/wiki/Lamellar_armour. Kaftan dress Painting of a man in Assyrian traditional dress/ commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kurd_Man.png. Suleiman The Magnificent as young man 1579 commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Semailname_47b.jpg. Russian Strieltsy 19th cen. Saddle pictures phys.org/news/2023-12-earliest-true-saddle-east-asia.html. General birka pictures and reconstruction. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birka. Boree style GOTLAND(?) BROOCH 9thC(late)-10thC, Sweden www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/x95679. -see page 83 Birka Grave Location onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajpa.23308. Last Kingdom Pics taken from www.denofgeek.com/tv/the-last-kingdom-movie-ending-explained-seven-kings-must-die/. www.reddit.com/r/TheLastKingdom/comments/15i7e6h/let_me_see_your_war_face_he_deserved_a_warriors/. screenrant.com/netflix-last-kingdom-best-worst-fight-scenes-let-fans-down/. Viking Hall / feasting pics Lejre Viking Hall. Credit: Adobe Stock - Stig Alenas www.ancientpages.com/2024/06/03/lejre-viking-hall-and-beowulf-connection/. Viking Ale House Sweden commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Viking_house_Ale_Sweden.jpg. Valhalla scene from The Last Kingdom 7 Kings Must Die www.vfxvoice.com/bluebolt-conquers-the-last-kingdom-seven-kings-must-die/. Modern Yol celebration vikings.fandom.com/wiki/Yol_(Season)?file=Yol.png. Inside Viking House www.setdecorators.org/?art=television_decor_features&SHOW=SetDecor_features_VIKINGS. Lake lagoda map picture www.researchgate.net/figure/Map-of-Europe-showing-the-location-of-Lake-Ladoga-and-Lake-Ladoga-map-enlarged-on-the_fig1_319607430. PRINCE OLEG (VIKINGS 2013) www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1188336/Vikings-season-6-How-did-the-real-Prince-Oleg-die-Oleg-of-Novgorod-Rus-Vikings-myth.
I think that in such cases as the Birka burial more focus should be on the site as whole, Due to genetic evidence it is a female burial. The next thing that needs to be proved it was the inhabitant a worrier or an elite or both. If it was a worrier inspection of the skeletal evidence will show if there is evidence of Physical muscular development found in a worrier, and injuries gained from combat. She is female due to skeletal and genetic evidence, but to see if she was a combatant or an elite. either is possible but care should be taken not to jump to conclusions without looking at all the evidence. I do not care which is the outcome, but the evidence needs to be scientifically studied and not to validate a personal preference, The truth is not always what we want or expect but once the truth is found it should be accepted by all.
@@bryanthesmith4441 unfortunately we do not have a model type of a skeleton of a warrior to make a comparison. this is something Dr Hedenstierna-Johnson talks about. Life at that time required strength and endurance for just about every one who survived; also, the absence of injuries doesn’t necessarily rule out a warrior life as well as a martial sense pervaded the society. Keep in mind gender is not totally linked to biology and skeleton-it’s also related to how people perceive individuals in society. i didn’t jump to any conclusions and if you watch the video. BJ-581 is located in an elite section of the site (near the garrison structure).
Links to articles and picture sources here:
Hedenstierna-Johnson, Charlotte Zachrisson, Torun and Kjellstrom, Anna. (2019) Viking Warrior Women? Reassessing Birka chamber grave BJ 581. Antiquity (93) 367: 181-198. February 2019. DOI:10.15184/aqy.2018.258.
Accessed: www.researchgate.net/publication/331170931_Viking_warrior_women_Reassessing_Birka_chamber_grave_Bj581.
Hedenstierna-Jonson, Charlotte (2006). The Birka Warrior: The material culture of a martial society. Doctoral Thesis in Archaeological Science 2006, Stockholm University. Sweden by Intellecta Docusys, Stockholm 2006 .Archaeological Research Laboratory, Stockholm University.
Accessed: www.academia.edu/1429897/The_Birka_Warrior_the_material_culture_of_a_martial_society?auto=download&email_work_card=download-paper.
Hedenstierna-Jonson, Charlotte and Holmquist, Lena (2006). The oriental mounts from Birka's Garrison: an expression of warrior rank and status. Kungl Vitterhets Historie, Jan 1, 2006.
Accessed www.academia.edu/1429954/The_oriental_mounts_from_Birkas_Garrison_an_expression_of_warrior_rank_and_status?email_work_card=view-paper.
Selected Art from the following ETSY sellers
StudioMagicalMoments (larger full screen digital art)
Linogant (viking clip art)
Big X Studio (images of chests )
LuminousVRSPrints (roman legion marching)
For All Images Used and Sources
See Video Description Below
UNESCO Satellite Picture of Birka and Hovgarden
whc.unesco.org/en/list/555/maps/.
VIKINGS VALHALLA (2022) PICTURE
screenrant.com/vikings-valhalla-uppsala-sweden-real-world-location-explained/.
Vikings TV show (2013) at upsala
www.medievalists.net/2014/07/viking-human-sacrifices-hollywood-vs-reality/.
Generic shaft tomb picture
www.researchgate.net/figure/Schematic-illustrations-of-shaft-tombs-observed-by-Verneau-and-Rivet-in-Carchi-province_fig3_330140760.
Coloured map of birka
lucris.lub.lu.se/ws/files/35490534/Isotopes_Birka_main.pdf.
Arkeonews (2024). Archaeologists Uncovered Rich Viking Women’s Graves in Norway. Dec, 30th, 2024. Accessed: arkeonews.net/archaeologists-uncovered-rich-viking-womens-graves-in-norway/.
Temple of uppsala
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_at_Uppsala.
Lagetha pics and burka grave reconstructed
bavipower.com/blogs/bavipower-viking-blog/burial-in-birka-shieldmaiden-existed-or-scholars-rewrote-history.
Picture of Upsalla
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_at_Uppsala#/media/File:Gamla_uppsala.jpg
Engraving of uppsala
Adam of Bremen, from Olaus Magnus' Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus (1555).
4th cen AD the migration process
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Migration_Period.
Large map of sweden
.
Closer 2 maps of birka and hovgarden, Sweden the archaeological unesco sites
visitworldheritage.com/en/eu/birka-and-hovg%C3%A5rden-sweden/ee9de531-5a13-4032-9460-d892ac0fc712.
Vangarian trade routes
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rus%27_people#/media/File:Varangian_routes.png.
Rus viking adam behan (actor)
www.imdb.com/name/nm7728725/mediaviewer/rm2517160961/.
VIKINGS VALHALLA CONSTANTINOPLE
riot-us.com/2024/07/11/vikings-valhalla-season-3/.
Leif (Sam Corlett) featured
Varangian guard generic picture
facebook.com/talesofvalhalla.official.
Generic cavalry archer picture
leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=133892.0.
Christian gods vs paganism
bavipower.com/blogs/bavipower-viking-blog/vikings-how-the-pagans-became-christians-part-2-of-2.
Anskar Converting the Vikings to Christianity, 826 AD
Wenzel Tornøe Original Title: Ansgar Date: 1895
www.wikiart.org/en/wenzel-tornoe/the-monk-ansgar-preaching-for-the-heathen-danes-in-826-1895.
Picture of Harold Bluetooth ( 1565-1585)
www.thecollector.com/harald-bluetooth-viking-technology/.
Originally from Thought.co.com
Portrait of Harald Bluetooth, 1565-1585, via the National Museum of Denmark.
Harald Bluetooth being baptized around 960 by Bishop Poppo the missionary
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1200_Harald_Bl%C3%A5tand_anagoria.jpg.
Thor’s amulet picture
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mj%C3%B6lnir.
Prince oleg of Novgorod and Ivart The Boneless from Vikings (2013)
metro.co.uk/2019/12/05/vikings-fans-totally-ship-prince-oleg-ivar-boneless-bromance-season-6-premiere-drops-11278761/.
HBO Rome scenes taken from (2005)
www.imdb.com/title/tt0688358/mediaviewer/rm4113097985/?ref_=tt_ph_1_3.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/jun/26/rome-dvd-box-set-review.
www.denofgeek.com/tv/could-hbo-rome-movie-still-happen/.
Ray Stevenson picture taken from
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Stevenson.
Ray Stevenson March 18, 2014
Sword found at Birka
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Double-edged_sword_from_a_grave_in_Birka.jpg.
Laminar armour
kingdomcomedeliverance-archive.fandom.com/wiki/Lamellar_armour.
Kaftan dress
Painting of a man in Assyrian traditional dress/
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kurd_Man.png.
Suleiman The Magnificent as young man 1579
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Semailname_47b.jpg.
Russian Strieltsy 19th cen.
Saddle pictures
phys.org/news/2023-12-earliest-true-saddle-east-asia.html.
General birka pictures and reconstruction.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birka.
Boree style GOTLAND(?) BROOCH
9thC(late)-10thC, Sweden
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/x95679.
-see page 83
Birka Grave Location
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajpa.23308.
Last Kingdom Pics taken from
www.denofgeek.com/tv/the-last-kingdom-movie-ending-explained-seven-kings-must-die/.
www.reddit.com/r/TheLastKingdom/comments/15i7e6h/let_me_see_your_war_face_he_deserved_a_warriors/.
screenrant.com/netflix-last-kingdom-best-worst-fight-scenes-let-fans-down/.
Viking Hall / feasting pics
Lejre Viking Hall. Credit: Adobe Stock - Stig Alenas
www.ancientpages.com/2024/06/03/lejre-viking-hall-and-beowulf-connection/.
Viking Ale House Sweden
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Viking_house_Ale_Sweden.jpg.
Valhalla scene from The Last Kingdom
7 Kings Must Die
www.vfxvoice.com/bluebolt-conquers-the-last-kingdom-seven-kings-must-die/.
Modern Yol celebration
vikings.fandom.com/wiki/Yol_(Season)?file=Yol.png.
Inside Viking House
www.setdecorators.org/?art=television_decor_features&SHOW=SetDecor_features_VIKINGS.
Lake lagoda map picture
www.researchgate.net/figure/Map-of-Europe-showing-the-location-of-Lake-Ladoga-and-Lake-Ladoga-map-enlarged-on-the_fig1_319607430.
PRINCE OLEG (VIKINGS 2013)
www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1188336/Vikings-season-6-How-did-the-real-Prince-Oleg-die-Oleg-of-Novgorod-Rus-Vikings-myth.
Very interesting and informative! Great work! 👌🏼🙌🏻
I think that in such cases as the Birka burial more focus should be on the site as whole, Due to genetic evidence it is a female burial. The next thing that needs to be proved it was the inhabitant a worrier or an elite or both. If it was a worrier inspection of the skeletal evidence will show if there is evidence of Physical muscular development found in a worrier, and injuries gained from combat. She is female due to skeletal and genetic evidence, but to see if she was a combatant or an elite. either is possible but care should be taken not to jump to conclusions without looking at all the evidence. I do not care which is the outcome, but the evidence needs to be scientifically studied and not to validate a personal preference, The truth is not always what we want or expect but once the truth is found it should be accepted by all.
@@bryanthesmith4441 unfortunately we do not have a model type of a skeleton of a warrior to make a comparison. this is something Dr Hedenstierna-Johnson talks about. Life at that time required strength and endurance for just about every one who survived; also, the absence of injuries doesn’t necessarily rule out a warrior life as well as a martial sense pervaded the society. Keep in mind gender is not totally linked to biology and skeleton-it’s also related to how people perceive individuals in society. i didn’t jump to any conclusions and if you watch the video. BJ-581 is located in an elite section of the site (near the garrison structure).