The biggest status symbol in the Nordic Iron Age was a goose
April 3, 2018 - 06:25
Poultry was all you needed to signal your status.
By: Charlotte Price Persson
Forget about Gucci bags, gold jewellery, and fast cars. In the Nordic Roman Iron Age, the best status symbol was a goose. Alternatively a hen.
That is the conclusion made by Danish scientists after studying almost 100 graves from the Early and Late Roman Iron Age (1-375 CE).
They further posit that the Roman influence led to a significant shift in the way in which Scandinavians buried their dead.
http://sciencenordic.com/biggest-status-symbol-nordic-iron-age-was-goose
