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It was indeed a quite interesting discover this one. Until now there has been digged out about 50 equipment for handcraftsmen. I also remember 2 glasspearls covered with a thin layer of gold. And I think 2 fibula in bronze (almost intact!). There was also discovered a molar (tooth) that may give som information on age of the dead. (The soil in southwestern norway are not basic, so skeletons will decompose quite fast - Therefor it is interesting that they found this tooth). Another thing that are interesting is that this grave are untouched.. It was discovered only 30 cm. below the surface, and this is a farming area... It is incredible that the farmer has not destroyed this ancient memory while preparing the fields each spring.

Far as I remember there has been found lot of coins along the large Russian rivers through the now Baltic area and south to the Black sea or on Volga to the Caspian sea. In Russia there have not been done much research until the 1990-2000 due to the Russian goverment that did not let the Scandinavian archaeologist do research on these very interesting historical area. Now that the excavation of these areas started we may have to reconsider the importance of these traderoutes. The arabic coins also spread to Norway, and a common opinion among the archaeologist is that the vikings probably melted them to make silver jewlery that is often found here.