ANTH 9 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Harald Bluetooth, Danelaw, Intravenous Therapy
16 Jul 2020
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All sediments systematically moved up the mountain. During bronze age, neolithic people started it. Peat was not depleted as quickly as elsewhere preservation. Humans still trying to find ways to be deadly. I. v. is complex, not just about killing people context. Burial pit: piles of decapitated skulls; gruesome; mass of bodies separate from heads; shallow grave; ridgeway. No artifacts buried with them, only bones. 54 skeletons, 51 skulls naked, thrown bodies. Each skeleton contains a hidden clock measured by carbon-dating. Anglo-saxon england under attack of scandinavian vikings (search for witches) 980. Portland, england 1st viking raid 789 ad: marked viking age in uk. Danelaw: viking settlement in uk next to anglo-saxon peace for about a century. All 54 victims- male band of warriors. 1st victim: bottom of pile, 5"9, young, upper body well built, 19-20 yrs old killed in 2nd wave of viking attacks. Anglo-saxon chronicle: 890 ad- written by monks.
