full author list -- Elise Naumanna, Maja Krzewińskab, Anders Götherströmd, Gunilla Erikssond.
Authors suggest decapitated people buried in double graves may have been slaves.
Authors suggest decapitated people buried in double graves may have been slaves.
Slavery was something of a backbone in Norse economy. The culture was actually quite similar to the Arabs, with a couple of important differences.
fascintaing article, thanks for posting.
intersting to see that they could figure out that the dogs were fed fish.
i didnt quite decipher what they were saying about the high status and low status persons diet. were the high status eating less fish and more domestic animals? or the other way around? i would have thought that fish was the highest source of protein and the best food available. although i guess if the dog was eating it, maybe not.
not a bad incentive plan for your servants though. keep me alive cause when i die they cut of your head and throw you in my grave. original “loyalty program”.
Would those have been African-Norwegian slaves?
On some Sundays the Vikings would enslave the Green Bay Packers and bury them alive.
