I came across this news item, and thought it might interest some group
members:-
Women who lived in the major Viking settlement called Birka in the 9th
and 10th centuries dressed in a much more provocative manner than
previously believed. ... When the area around Lake Mälaren was
It's from The Local - Sweden's News in English
http://www.thelocal.se/9950/20080211/
What a pity there are no pictures of the reconstruction!
Linda Walton,
(in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, U.K.)
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Pity there was absolutely no supporting documentation other than this
