Archaeologists find 19 injuries in 12 people whose remains were placed in houses, wells and pits across Iron and Viking Age Scandinavia

Global Science Sat, 17 Oct 2026 05:34:35 GMT Moderate confidence — 73/100

PC: Journal of Archaeological Method and TheoryArchaeologists have identified evidence of traumatic injuries in 12 people whose remains were deposited in houses, pits, wells, and postholes across Iron and Viking Age Scandinavia.
The individuals lived between approximately 500 BCE and 1050 CE, and their skeletal remains showed 19 injuries sustained before or around the time of death.
According to research published in the Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory titled ‘Broken bodies in Domestic Spaces: Direct and Structural Violence in an Atypical Mortuary Dataset from Iron and Viking Age Sc

PC: Journal of Archaeological Method and TheoryArchaeologists have identified evidence of traumatic injuries in 12 people whose remains were deposited in houses, pits, wells, and postholes across Iron and Viking Age Scandinavia.
The individuals lived between approximately 500 BCE and 1050 CE, and their skeletal remains showed 19 injuries sustained before or around the time of death.
According to research published in the Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory titled ‘Broken bodies in Domestic Spaces: Direct and Structural Violence in an Atypical Mortuary Dataset from Iron and Viking Age Sc

Sources: Times of India