Buried in water, burdened by nature-Resilience carried the Iron Age people through Fimbulvinter.

Levänluhta is a unique archaeological site with the remains of nearly a hundred Iron Age individuals found from a water burial in Ostrobothnia, Finland. The strongest climatic downturn of the Common Era, resembling the great Fimbulvinter in Norse mythology, hit these people during the 6th century AD...

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Main Authors: Markku Oinonen, Teija Alenius, Laura Arppe, Hervé Bocherens, Heli Etu-Sihvola, Samuli Helama, Heli Huhtamaa, Maria Lahtinen, Kristiina Mannermaa, Päivi Onkamo, Jukka Palo, Antti Sajantila, Kati Salo, Tarja Sundell, Santeri Vanhanen, Anna Wessman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0231787