A Burial of a Viking Woman at Adwick-le-Street, South Yorkshire

Finding Vikings in the Danelaw

“…Some of these individuals have been subjected to isotope analysis, which has suggested that they were migrants, and possibly from Scandinavia (Budd et al . ; Speed and Walton Rogers ,).…”

“…; Richards ); at this time, cremation is an intrusive rite in England but was practised in Sweden, Norway and northern Jutland. Other contenders for Scandinavian identity include isolated accompanied burials such as that of a woman buried with Scandinavian artefacts at Adwick‐le‐Street, South Yorkshire (Speed and Walton Rogers ,), barrow burials with Scandinavian grave goods, e.g. Bedale and Camphill, both North Yorkshire (see below), and burials within churchyards that contain distinctively Scandinavian artefacts, for example the burial containing many grave goods including a Scandinavian sword and a silver pendant in the shape of Thor's hammer at Repton, Derbyshire (Biddle and Kjølbye‐Biddle 1992; 2001).…”

Rethinking early medieval mortuary archaeology

“…105 Also noteworthy will be the increasing use of bone chemistry, which has the potential to inform us about the socioeconomic status and environment in which early medieval populations lived, and may on occasions allow the identification of immigrant groups and individuals. 106 There is also great potential for more systematic chronological analysis in Merovingian archaeology, including the application of high-precision radio-carbon dating and correspondence analysis that is increasingly seen in Britain and Scandinavia. 107 Instead, this review has focussed upon three theoretical issues concerning how we study and interpret early medieval mortuary practices.…”

Review of periodical literature published in 2004

“…Richards suggests Heath Wood as the cemetery for one contingent of this army; their overtly pagan practices are seen as an expression of unity. Speed and Rogers report a late ninth‐century female burial at Adwick‐le‐Street, the earliest evidence of a viking woman in Yorkshire. Edwards reports the rediscovery of a viking sword from West Seaton, Cumbria, thought lost after its first publication in 1903.…”