1 20 1 https://www.worldtreeproject.org/files/original/686ce622725a811574db1a1b6c067a45.png 4c4575bf969574f95b4edec29cb00780 Website A resource comprising a web page or web pages and all related assets ( such as images, sound and video files, etc. ). Local URL The URL of the local directory containing all assets of the website <a href="http://www.missedinhistory.com/blog/raining-on-your-parade-about-those-women-viking-warriors/" target="_blank">http://www.missedinhistory.com/blog/raining-on-your-parade-about-those-women-viking-warriors/</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Shieldmaidens in the news Subject The topic of the resource Essay - Educational Resource Description An account of the resource A study of burials of Norse migrants was trumpeted by the popular press as showing that half of all Viking warriors were women.¹ This is not the case as Tracy V. Wilson <a href="http://www.missedinhistory.com/blog/raining-on-your-parade-about-those-women-viking-warriors/" target="_blank">explained on her blog</a>. The study focused on a small sample of Norse migrants and showed only that grave goods could not be relied upon to demonstrate the sex of the deceased.<br /><br />1. MCLEOD, S. (2011), <a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-0254.2011.00323.x/abstract" target="_blank">Warriors and women: the sex ratio of Norse migrants to eastern England up to 900 ad</a>. Early Medieval Europe, 19: 332&ndash;353. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-0254.2011.00323.x Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tracy V. Wilson Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived www.missedinhistory.com Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available www.missedinhistory.com Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 03/09/2014 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Administrator Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource (c) 1998 - 2016 HowStuffWorks, a division of InfoSpace LLC Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Website Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Website Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Modern, Viking Age, England Archaeological Remains Burial Site Cemetery Misconceptions Misunderstandings News Shieldmaidens Warrior-Women