Earth Wounds: Creative Explorations of Viking Age Funerary Customs

This is a book that combines archeology and a cultural look into the topic of death in Viking society, from around 800 to 1100. The authors will explore the science and history of what we know to be true about these practices and what is conjecture and what might be outright sensationalization or myth—exploring what we know as well as what we haven’t discovered. The authors have well researched the topic, with a background in art and historical reenactment and the book is introduced by Germanic/Scandinavian archeologists, with plenty of supplemental content for any reader intrigued in the topic. Readers will get a sense of what the material cultural experience of death was like, as well as the ideas and beliefs that drove particular practices with plenty of photographs and illustrations and scholarly sources.