Women in the Roman Legions???

[Medicus matt]

Another thing we need to be really carefull of is the accuracy of sexing techniques. In many cases sexing is a best guess based on certain common features. I'm aware of a number of anglo-saxon female weapon burials that have recently been reclassified as male (or probably male) based on further investigation.

N.

Ture, but then I'm also aware of A-S burials which had been assumed to be male simply because of the presence of weapon sets but which, on re-examination of the skeletal evidence, would seem to be female.

Presumably the original poster has read reference to the Brougham finds?

The only thing we can really learn from burial or cremation customs is what was important or relevent to those doing the burying or cremating, not what was important or relevent to the person to whom it was done.