Editing Vikings (section)

===Burial sites===
{{See also|Norse funeral|Ship burial}}
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There are numerous burial sites associated with Vikings throughout Europe and their sphere of influence—in Scandinavia, the British Isles, Ireland, Greenland, Iceland, Faeroe Islands, Germany, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Russia, etc. The burial practices of the Vikings were quite varied, from dug graves in the ground, to [[tumuli]], sometimes including so-called [[ship burial]]s.

According to written sources, most of the funerals took place at sea. Funerals involved either burial or cremation, depending on local customs. In the area that is now Sweden, cremations were predominant; in Denmark burial was more common; and in Norway both were common.<ref name=Jasmine>{{citation|url=http://www.vikingar.eu/gravesice.pdf|title=Viking Age graves in Iceland|author=Jasmine Idun Tova Lyman|publisher=University of Iceland|year=2007|page=4|access-date=23 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227223758/http://www.vikingar.eu/gravesice.pdf|archive-date=27 February 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> Viking barrows are one of the primary sources of evidence for circumstances in the Viking Age.<ref>Medieval Archaeology: An Encyclopaedia (Pamela Crabtree, ed., 2001), "Vikings," p. 510.</ref> The items buried with the dead give some indication as to what was considered important to possess in the afterlife.<ref>Roesdahl, p. 20.</ref> It is unknown what mortuary services were given to dead children by the Vikings.<ref>Roesdahl p. 70 (in Women, gender roles and children)</ref> Some of the most important burial sites for understanding the Vikings include:
* Norway: [[Oseberg Ship|Oseberg]]; [[Gokstad Mound|Gokstad]]; [[Borre mound cemetery|Borrehaugene]].
* Sweden: [[Gettlinge]] gravfält; the cemeteries of [[Birka]], a World Heritage Site;<ref>The Hemlanden cemetery located here is the largest Viking Period cemetery in Scandinavia {{cite book|title=Medieval Scandinavia: An Encyclopedia|year=1993|publisher=Taylor & Francis|location=United Kingdom|isbn=978-0-8240-4787-0|pages=238–39|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d-XiZO8V4qUC&q=%22Hemlanden+cemetery%22&pg=PA238|edition=Illustrated|editor1=Phillip Pulsiano|editor2=Kirsten Wolf|access-date=29 October 2020|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414031048/https://books.google.com/books?id=d-XiZO8V4qUC&q=%22Hemlanden+cemetery%22&pg=PA238|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Valsgärde]]; [[Gamla Uppsala]]; Hulterstad gravfält, near [[Alby, Öland|Alby]]; Hulterstad, [[Öland]], [[Gotland]].
* Denmark: [[Jelling]], a [[World Heritage Site]]; [[Lindholm Høje]]; [[Ladby ship]]; [[Mammen]] chamber tomb and hoard.
* Estonia: [[Salme ships]] – The largest and earliest Viking ship burial ground ever uncovered.
* Scotland: [[Port an Eilean Mhòir ship burial]]; [[Scar boat burial]], Orkney.
* Faroe Islands: [[Hov, Faroe Islands|Hov]].
* Iceland: [[Mosfellsbær]] in [[Capital Region (Iceland)|Capital Region]];<ref>{{Cite journal |title=A Viking-Age Valley in Iceland: The Mosfell Archaeological Project |first1=Jesse |last1=Byock |first2=Phillip |last2=Walker |first3=Jon |last3=Erlandson |first4=Per |last4=Holck |first5=David |last5=Zori |first6=Magnus |last6=Gudmundsson |first7=Mark |last7=Tveskov |journal=Medieval Archaeology |volume=XLIX |year=2005 |pages=195–218 |doi=10.1179/007660905x54080 |s2cid=162307212 |url=https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-769-1/dissemination/pdf/vol49/49_195_218.pdf |access-date=21 February 2020 |archive-date=23 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200523111456/https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-769-1/dissemination/pdf/vol49/49_195_218.pdf |url-status=live }} {{open access}}</ref><ref>See also [[Jon M. Erlandson#Mosfell Archaeological Project|Jon M. Erlandson]].</ref> the boat burial in [[Vatnsdalur]], [[Austur-Húnavatnssýsla]].<ref name=Jasmine/><ref>Þór Magnússon: ''[http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=2052541 Bátkumlið í Vatnsdal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414031025/https://timarit.is/page/2052541 |date=14 April 2023 }}'', Árbók hins íslenzka fornleifafélags (1966), 1–32</ref><ref>A comprehensive list of registered pagan graves in Iceland, can be found in Eldjárn & Fridriksson (2000): ''Kuml og haugfé''.</ref>
* Greenland: [[Brattahlíð]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://archive.archaeology.org/online/features/greenland/
|title=The Fate of Greenland's Vikings
|magazine=Archaeology
|publisher=the Archaeological Institute of America
|author=Dale Mackenzie Brown
|date=28 February 2000
|access-date=22 February 2014
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140120065212/http://archive.archaeology.org/online/features/greenland/
|archive-date=20 January 2014
|url-status=live
}}</ref>
* Germany: [[Hedeby]].
* Latvia: [[Grobiņa]].
* Ukraine: the [[Black Grave]].
* Russia: [[Gnezdovo]], [[Staraya Ladoga]].