During the Viking age, considered to run from 793 to 1066 AD, Norsemen known as Vikings undertook large-scale raids, colonising, conquering and trading throughout Europe, even reaching North America.
The skeletons were preserved thanks to favourable soil chemistry, particularly chalk and high water levels. / Photo: AP
The site was discovered last year during a routine survey, ahead of power line renovation work on the outskirts of the village of Aasum, 5 kilometres, northeast of Odense, Denmark’s third-largest city. “Hopefully we can make a DNA analysis on all the skeletons and see if they are related to each other and even where they come from.”
The 2,000-square-meter burial ground holds the remains of men, women and children. Besides the skeletons, there are a few cremated bodies. “There’s a lot of trade and commerce going on,” said Borre Lundø. “We also found a brooch that comes from the island of Gotland, on the eastern side of Sweden, but also whetstones for honing your knife all sorts of things point to Norway and Sweden.”
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