Saga Brief 10 - “Female Viking Warrior” Interview with Charlotte Hedenstierna-Jonson

Summary: <p><img src="//sagathing.podbean.com/mf/web/5vy2k8/Price-Reconstruction.jpg" alt="Price-Reconstruction.jpg" width="1016" height="474"> </p><br> <p>Dr. Charlotte Hedenstierna-Jonson is a researcher in the department of Archaeology and Ancient History at Uppsala University in Sweden. You might recognize her name as the lead author of the recent article, <a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajpa.23308/full">"A Female Viking Warrior Confirmed by Genomics,</a>" which identified the famous Birka warrior of grave Bj 581 as a woman. It's no surprise that this revelation attracted a lot of attention from both scholars and fans of the Viking Age. In this special Saga Brief, Andy sits down to talk with Dr. Hedenstierna-Jonson about medieval Birka, grave Bj 581, and the exciting implications of this revelation.  </p><br> <p><strong>Music Credits:</strong></p><br> <p>Opening song - “<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/tierra-de-andanzas/id617203048">Rúnatal</a>” by <a href="http://andanzza.webnode.es/">An Danzza</a></p><br> <p>Introduction -<em> </em>from<a title="" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNSt2qc7Ayk"> Icelandic Folk Music: Tröllaslagur</a></p><br> <div>Outro<em> – </em><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwfI6nvCShI">Ólafur Liljurós</a> </div><br> <p> </p><br> <p> </p>