Dead Warriors in Living Memory: A Study of Weapon and Equestrian Burials in Viking-Age Denmark, Ad 800-1000

by Anne Pedersen

Since the early days of archaeology, Viking-Age burials and burial customs have attracted much attention. Evocative tales of warriors and their deeds - preserved in Old Norse poetry and sagas and recorded in the historical chronicles of church and court scribes - formed the background for the interpretation of some of the most prominent finds, the burials with weapons and horse furnishings. To antiquarians and archaeologists of the 19th century, it...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8776748405
• ISBN13: 9788776748401
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: University Press of Southern Denmark
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 6.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.1" x 8.6" x 11.9"