Identification of Bird Species Used to Make a Viking Age Feather Pillow

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Dove, Carla J., Wickler, Stephen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2016
• Subjects: Arctic; Northern Norway; Vesterålen
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.14430/arctic4546; http://arctic.journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/arctic/index.php/arctic/article/viewFile/4546/4726

A grave containing the remains of a wooden boat was discovered in 1934 under a low mound in a bog at Øksnes in the Vesterålen islands of northern Norway. The boat grave dates to the 10th century in the Viking Age, and grave goods placed in the boat include an iron axe, a cowhide in which the body wa...