Britt Baillie-Warren features in TV documentary 'Viking Apocalypse'

Britt Baillie-Warren is to feature in a National Geographic Channel TV documentary tomorrow evening (Wednesday 25th Jan) in a programme entitled 'Viking Apocalypse'.

In 2009, a pit containing the bodies of 54 beheaded skeletons was found on Ridgeway Hill in Dorset, UK. In this programme, Britt Baillie-Warren explores why these men were killed at the turn of the first millenium. Isotope analysis indicates that the bodies in the mass-grave were Vikings from Scandinavia. The documentary follows Dr. Baillie-Warren as she examines the site, the human remains and manuscripts from the period. Baillie's anaylysis draws to the conclusion that the beheaded men may have been Viking mercenaries who modelled themselves on the Jomsvikings. The programme was aired on December 22nd 2011 in the USA and will premier on January 25th 2012 in the UK. Find out more, watch a teaser and view photographs on the Viking Apocalypse web page.

Britt is a Member of the McDonald Institute and as a Post-Doctoral Research Associate on the Conflict in Cities and the Contested State ESRC funded research project is currently investigating the politics of cultural landscapes in Jerusalem. She is also one of the coordinators of the Cambridge Heritage Research Group and the Director of Studies for Archaeology and Anthropology at Peterhouse.

You can find more information on the programme here. (including a teaser video and photo gallery). TV programme starts at 9.00pm

More information on Britt's research at Britt's personal webpage.
Cambridge Heritage Group