Owners, Breeders, Riders, Drivers
Women’s Horsemanship in Viking Age Scandinavia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7203460 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anneli Sundkvist (0000-0002-6679-6414, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 151-185 |
| Publication date | 2025-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Viking and Medieval Scandinavia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1782-7183 • E-ISSN: 2030-9902 |
| Publisher | Brepols (PUBLISHER • BE) |
| DOI | 10.1484/j.vms.5.151257 |
| OpenAlex | W7117147349 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
Horses in the viking world have long been considered a male affair. However, there are numerous connections between horses and women, expressed in the written sources, the art, and the archaeological material. This study examines the horsemanship of three burial contexts with horses and women: chamber grave 2 of Kosel-East, Schleswig (Viking Age Denmark), chamber grave Bj.581 of Birka, Uppland, Sweden, and the ship burial of Oseberg, Vestfold, Norway. In these graves, women had been laid to rest together with horses and horse tack. The combination of artefacts signalizes different roles in the viking equestrian world, indicating that women might have taken active parts in the Viking Age ‘horse industry
Archaeological evidence · Middle Ages · Rest (music · Viking Age · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Historical and Archaeological Studies
Sexing Viking Age horses from burial and non-burial sites in Iceland using ancient DNA
A female Viking warrior confirmed by genomics
The Skeleton from the Gokstad Ship
Viking warrior women? Reassessing Birka chamber grave Bj.581
Dendrochronological dating of the Viking Age ship burials at Oseberg, Gokstad and Tune, Norway
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |