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: English
• Published: Arctic Institute of North America 2015
• Subjects: VDP::Humaniora: 000::Kulturvitenskap: 060; VDP::Humanities: 000::Cultural science: 060; Norway; Vesterålen; Øksnes; Arctic; Northern Norway
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/10760; https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic4546

Source: doi:10.14430/arctic4546 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...