You're an inspiration to all of us, Judith!

It's a good question. They did both. They traded in some items (furs, slaves, swords), but I would argue that you can't really 'trade' in people: a slave trace involves coercion. They also launched out-and-out raids e.g. over the Caspian, which were akin to their raids in Western Europe.

Thank you! And, I think so too.

Thanks so much Simon!

Thanks Trix!

I was just there!

Can't wait to hear more about the wooden box/casket - amazing!

Wonderful news!

I love this one, and the Hawes museum! Great displays on lead mining and butter making too.

Super, thanks Tom. That's such an interesting thought, and is plausible in the (postulated) historical context. Those individuals have been analysed from a lot of different angles now - I'll need to put everything together!

Thanks Adrian, great post! My take-away was that the St John's burials looked quite Danish (with interesting central European ancestry that is also seen in Dk), but the Ridgeway burials had more British ancestry, which is unexpected. Have I got that right? @boothicus.bsky.social