Matthew. J. Walsh, Sean O’Neill & Lasse Sørensen (eds). In the Darkest of Days: Exploring Human Sacrifice and Value in Southern Scandinavian Prehistory

Review by Sophie BergerbrantThe book is an anthology that contains twelve articles and one introduction.There are 19 authors that has contributed to the book, the majority being active in Denmark.There are also contributors from Finland, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom.The articles deal with archaeological material that could be related to human sacrifice from the Mesolithic to the Viking Age, as well as Norse texts related to human sacrifice.The majority of the articles focus on human sacrifice in the Iron Age.The book is generally well-edited, and the language is largely very good.