d50a8ce2__Clothing__Aprondress__smokkr___s_regarding_the_Birka_evidence
Brooches: The brooches at Pskov were found inside a box inside the grave and thus give no information on which position they were worn in.
Brooches: The majority of graves in Birka and the rest of Scandinavia have brooches placed near the clavicles or high upon the chest. The grave finds Larsson refers to are a strict minority, and the position of the brooches near the breasts in these graves has been explained earlier. The decomposition of the body will have caused some of the brooches to move lower, helped by the fact that several of the bodies were buried in a sitting or crouching position.
Viking women: Clothing: Aprondress (smokkr)
Hägg's comments regarding the Birka evidence