Árbók Hins íslenzka fornleifafélags - 01.01.1951, Blaðsíða 76

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í því nú, því að ólíklegt er, að karlmaðurinn hafi verið lagður í
kumlið vopnlaus, þar sem konunni fylgdu munir. Hvenær þetta
gerðist, verður nú ekki vitað, en það má láta sér detta í hug Sturlunga-
öldina, því að þá var vopna þörf frekar en á öðrum tíma. Sá, er rauf
kumlið, hefur gengið þokkalega frá beinunum, safnað þeim saman
á einn stað og síðan hulið þau að nýju og látið steinana þrjá yfir, ef
til vill til þess að skilja við kumlið eins og hann kom að því.
Reykjavík, 28. 10. 19b9.
SUMMARY
A Viking grave at SurtsstaSir.
In 1946 a Viking grave was found near the home field at Surtsstaðir
farm in East Iceland. It was investigated by the author in 1949. It then
appeared that like many other Icelandic Viking Age graves this one had
been dug up and robbed long ago, probably already in the Middle Ages.
As a result only a few leg bones remained in the original position, but
from these it is, nevertheless, possible to infer a good deal about the
original arrangement of the grave. Two individuals, a man and a woman,
were buried thei-e at different times. The man rested on his back with
his head turned SW, but the position of the woman is not easy to deter-
mine beyond the fact that her legs rested across the man’s legs. Other
bones lay in a pile near by where the grave robber must have left them.
In the grave were found 9 small beads and a knife, but in all likelihood
some grave goods were taken away by the grave robber.
The man has a cranial index of 77,7 and a statue of 163 cm as recon-
structed by the use of Pearson’s forjnulae. The female shows a stature of
160 cm.