'Tangled up in Blue': The Death, Dress and Identity of an Early Viking-Age Female Settler from Ketilsstaðir, Iceland.

IN 1938, a woman's burial was uncovered by road builders at Ketilsstaðir in north-eastern Iceland. Recently, her physical remains and associated funerary goods were re-examined by an international, interdisciplinary team and formed the basis for an exhibition at the National Museum of Iceland in 201...

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Published in:Medieval Archaeology Vol. 63; no. 1; pp. 95 - 128
Main Authors: SMITH, MICHÈLE HAYEUR, SMITH, KEVIN P, FREI, KARIN M
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        Interment
        Sepulchral monuments
        National museums
        Material culture
        Cultural identity
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          Iceland
          Interment
          Sepulchral monuments
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