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Ive been tracking down some info for a friend and for those folks using the Khazarian/Rus pieces found at Birka as a way to connect the 'Vikings' with those cultures you might find this work of interest:


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The Oriental Mounts from Birka's Garrison: An Expression of Warrior Rank and Status by Charlotte Hedenstierna-jonson (Author), Lena Holmquist Olausson (Author), Margaretha Klockhoff (Contributor), Malgorzata Wojnar-Johansson (Contributor)

The conclusions are interesting:)

I read one of Hedenstierna-jonson's papers. I believe it was her Phd paper. It's a good solid look at the finds from Birka and the implcations thereof. Pretty interesting stuff indeed.

http://www.medievalists.net/2008/09/25/ ... l-society/