Welcome to World of Dig Craft. In this series Liv Westring discusses current issues facing Archaeology, in Sweden and around the world.
Today, Liv explores sex, gender and archaeological remains.
Links:
The Prince is Actually a Female (and other gender misconceptions)
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2015/12/01/no-the-siberian-ice-maiden-is-not-a-man/
http://siberiantimes.com/science/casestudy/news/n0506-female-amazon-warrior-buried-2500-years-ago-in-altai-mountains-was-male/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oseberg_Ship
http://www.kvinnligakrigare.se/vikingatida-kvinnor-begravda-med-vapen/ article in Swedish, but still
The viking women buried with weapon map has been worked on by Stefan Högberg (cuts, color change, tones, data input) av ”Scandinavia Location Map” av NordNordWest (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Editing was made by Stefan Högberg and goes under CC licens CC BY-SA 4.0. Circles are viking burials, triangles iron age.
