Is there anybody in there? Entomological evidence from a boat burial at Øksnes in Vesterålen, northern Norway

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Panagiotakopulu, Eva, Buckland, Paul C., Wickler, Stephen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science 2018
• Subjects: VDP::Humaniora: 000::Kulturvitenskap: 060::Nordisk kulturvitenskap: 061; VDP::Humanities: 000::Cultural science: 060::Nordic cultural science: 061; VDP::Humaniora: 000::Arkeologi: 090::Nordisk arkeologi: 091; VDP::Humanities: 000::Archeology: 090::Nordic archeology: 091; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480; Norway; Tromsø; Vesterålen; Øksnes; Northern Norway; sami
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/13630

Source at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0200545 . Although there are several well preserved Viking boat burials from Norway, until recently palaeoecological research on their context has often been limited. Research on fossil insect remains in particular can provide valuable forensic informat...