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Warriors and Women: the sex ratio of Norse migrants to eastern England up to 900 AD
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posted on 2023-05-18, 13:26 authored by Shane McLeodVarious types of evidence have been used in the search for Norse migrants to eastern England in the latter ninth century. Most of the data gives the impression that Norse females were far outnumbered by males. But using burials that are most certainly Norse and that have also been sexed osteologically provides very different results for the ratio of male to female Norse migrants. Indeed, it suggests that female migration may have been as significant as male, and that Norse women were in England from the earliest stages of the migration, including during the campaigning period from 865. © 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
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Publication title
Early Medieval EuropeVolume
19Pagination
332-353ISSN
0963-9462Department/School
School of HumanitiesPublisher
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.Place of publication
United KingdomRights statement
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