ABSTRACT

The deceased person given the label of SK 3379 by archaeologists working at the Swinegate site in York, United Kingdom, provides an interesting perspective into the world of Early Medieval Northern Europe. This person, aged around forty-six at time of death, had cranial features unlike those typically found in the area, but rather pointed towards a biology found in Africa. Informally named ‘The African’, this person went on display at the Jorvik Centre as part of its post-flood revival. This article examined the background and significance of this person as well as the choices in display and narrative around them. It looks at the way the ‘African’ of St Benet’s became the ‘Arab’ in the Jorvik Centre, and the coloniality of the choices underlying such a choice. Finally, through visitor interviews, a decolonial approach to re-storying this person, the ‘Black Viking’ is forwarded.

This article contains images of displayed human remains.

摘要

被在英国约克 Swinegate 遗址工作的考古学家赋予 SK 3379 标签的死者提供了一个有趣的视角来了解中世纪早期北欧的世界。这个人在死亡时大约 46 岁，具有不同于该地区典型特征的颅骨特征，而是指向在非洲发现的生物学特征。这个人非正式地命名为“非洲人”，作为洪水后复兴的一部分在约维克中心展出。本文考察了这个人的背景和意义，以及围绕他们的展示和叙述的选择。它着眼于圣贝内特的“非洲人”如何成为约维克中心的“阿拉伯人”，以及这种选择背后的选择的殖民性。最后，通过访问者访谈，重新讲述这个人的非殖民主义方法，

本文包含展示的人类遗骸的图像。