The Viking burial ground at Tvååker revealed 139 graves, including ship-formed stone settings and a ship-formed mound. Photo: Arkeologerna
Ship made of oak and stone
The latter appears to be the remains of a wooden ship burial that may have been relatively common in the local area.
"Scientists in the 1950s discovered a characteristic local grave type in Halland County known as 'oblong mounds,'" Nordin and Kjellin tell The Viking Herald.
"These have been interpreted to be the remains of a cremation in a ship site. The cremation here appears to have taken place in the ship."
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