Burying people with weapons was a common practice in England from the late 5th to 7th centuries. In this episode, I will talk about what kind of weapons were buried with people and what they could mean in regard to the person's life. From Knives to Swords everything had a meaning.
sources:
Härke, H. (2004). ‘The Anglo-Saxon weapon burial rite: an interdisciplinary analysis’. Opus (Moscow) vol. 3. Pp. 197-207
Williams, H. 2005. Cremation in early Anglo-Saxon England - past, present and future research, in H-J. Häβler (eds.) Studien zur Sachsenforchung 15, Oldenburg: Isensee, pp. 533-49.
From the Cradle to the Grave: Age Organization and the Early Anglo-Saxon Burial Rite Author(s): Nick Stoodley Source: World Archaeology , Feb., 2000, Vol. 31, No. 3, Human Lifecycles (Feb., 2000), pp. 456-472 Published by: Taylor & Francis, Ltd.
Sayer, D., Sebo, E. and Hughes, K. (2019) “A Double-edged Sword: Swords, Bodies, and Personhood in Early Medieval Archaeology and Literature,” European Journal of Archaeology. Cambridge University Press, 22(4), pp. 542-566.
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