Published in the United Kingdom in 2019 by
OXBOW BOOKS
The Old Music Hall, 106-108 Cowley Road, Oxford OX4 1JE
and in the United States by
OXBOW BOOKS
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© Oxbow Books and the author 2019
Hardcover Edition: ISBN 978-1-84217-260-5
Digital Edition: ISBN 978-1-78570-802-2 (epub)
Kindle Edition: ISBN 978-1-78570-803-9 (Mobi)
A CIP record for this book is available from the British Library
Library of Congress Control Number: 2019931263
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Front cover: The silver ‘weapon dancer’ pendant from a female inhumation, Birka grave Bj. 571 (photo Gabriel Hildebrand, Swedish History Museum, used by kind permission).