Hesten har altid spillet en vigtig rolle i det islandske samfund, og i vikingetiden var det tilsyneladende normalt at slå en hest ihjel for at tage den med i graven.
En del af de gamle hesteknogler fra vikingetiden er fortsat bevarede, og forskere har længe haft mistanke om, at der var en skæv kønsfordeling blandt gravhestene.
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