% pubman genre = article @article{item_3339445, title = {{A woman with a sword? {\textendash} Weapon grave at Suontaka Vesitorninm{\"a}ki, Finland}}, author = {Moilanen, Ulla and Kirkinen, Tuija and Saari, Nelli-Johanna and Rohrlach, Adam B. and Krause, Johannes and Onkamo, P{\"a}ivi and Salmela, Elina}, language = {eng}, issn = {1461-9571; 1741-2722}, doi = {10.1017/eaa.2021.30}, year = {2022}, date = {2022}, abstract = {{In 1968, a weapon grave with brooches was found at Suontaka Vesitorninm{\"a}ki, Hattula, Finland. Since then, the grave has been interpreted as evidence of powerful women, even female warriors and leaders in early medieval Finland. Others have denied the possibility of a woman buried with a sword and tried to explain it as a double burial. We present the first modern analysis of the grave, including an examination of its context, a soil sample analysis for microremains, and an aDNA analysis. Based on these analyses, we suggest a new interpretation: the Suontaka grave possibly belonged to an individual with sex-chromosomal aneuploidy XXY. The overall context of the grave indicates that it was a respected person whose gender identity may well have been non-binary.}}, journal = {{European Journal of Archaeology}}, volume = {25}, number = {1}, pages = {42--60}, }