Objectives The objective of this study has been to confirm the sex and the affinity of an
individual buried in a well‐furnished warrior grave (Bj 581) in the Viking Age town of Birka, …

… Female Viking Warrior “Confirmed” by Genomics As a scientific study, the article “A Female
Viking Warrior Confirmed by Genomics… from grave Bj 581 at the Viking Age site Birka, located …

… To explore the genomic history of the Viking Age, we shotgun-sequenced DNA extracted
from 442 human remains from archaeological sites dating from the Bronze Age (about 2400 bc) …

… DNA research on Birka grave 581 and to show that ‘A Female Viking Warrior Confirmed by
Genomics… While ‘A Female Viking Warrior Confirmed by Genomics’ sets a precedent for future …

… to Vikings, we explore how the desire to “be a Viking” is articulated through a convergence of
pre-existing discourses around Vikings … and popular depictions of Vikings, our interviewees …

… a female warrior buried in … Viking Age female warriors will be found in the archaeological
record—either as new discoveries or as reinterpretations of old finds, perhaps using genomics, …

… If these are modern-day Vikings, they resemble a greybearded council of elders, rather than
the popular image of Viking warriors. Suddenly, the double doors at the back of the hall are …

… grave as female would have been controversial. In 2017, the America Journal of Physical
Anthropology published an article titled ‘A female Viking warrior confirmed by genomics.… Viking …

… As it is one of the most iconic aspects of Viking culture, much mainstream attention is paid
to Viking warriors, and the existence of female Viking warriors has long been debated. Despite …

… Given that these isotopic values present a finer scale of sub-structuring than genomics, this
analysis makes a substantial contribution to our understanding of individuals’ mobility and …