Birka Site Deep Dive
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This is a deep dive into the site of Birka, Sweden. This is an additional video which builds on my previous video on Birka chamber grave BJ-581-- the female Viking warrior grave. This video explores the site and its regional context. Very grateful to Dr. Charlotte Hedenstierna-Jonson, whose work on this site is the basis for my video here. Please follow the comment I added for a link to her publicly available works. The video represents a great introduction to the material culture of The Rus; a highly syncretic identity found at Bira and its eastern contacts in the 10th cen. AD and beyond.