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I'm a PhD student researching the role of the archaeological dead in contemporary British society. Think of this as a scrapbook of all the interesting links, snippets of information and random bits and bobs I come across pertaining to death, dying and the dead. Enjoy?!

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    Researchers collect DNA from men with possible links to York’s Viking past

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    MEN with Viking surnames filled the meeting room of New Earswick Folk Hall and queued to help research into the ethnic origins of the British people.

    Academics were collecting DNA from men with Viking names to see if they are directly descended from the Scandanavian traders and seaman who…