Summary Historical, artefactual and place‐name evidence indicates thatScandinavian migrants moved to easternEngland in the ninth centuryAD, settling in theDanelaw. However, only a handful of characteristicallyScandinavian burials have been found in the region. One, widely held, explanation is that most of theseScandinavian settlers quickly adopted localChristian burial customs, thus leavingScandinavians indistinguishable from theAnglo‐Saxon population. We undertook osteological and isotopic analysis to investigate the presence of first‐generationScandinavian migrants. Burials fromMasham were typical of the laterAnglo‐Saxon period and included men, women and children. The location and positioning of the four adult burials fromCoppergate, however, are unusual forAnglo‐ScandinavianYork. None of the skeletons revealed interpersonal violence. Isotopic evidence did not suggest a marine component in the diet of either group, but revealed migration on a regional, and possibly an international, scale. Combined strontium and oxygen isotope analysis should be used to investigate further both regional andScandinavian migration in the laterAnglo‐Saxon period.
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