Árbók Hins íslenzka fornleifafélags - 01.01.1957, Qupperneq 140

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ÁRBÖK FORNLEIFAFÉLAGSINS
17. Strap end of iron.
18. 5 fragments of iron objects of unknown character.
19. Small bronze cylinder for unknown use.
20. Tow molars from a dog, showing that a dog accompanied the woman
in her grave.
As a wliole the grave at Daðastaðir is one of the most remarkable Viking
graves hitherto found in Iceland, especially because of its comparative
richness in grave objects. The author points out, that tlie buried woman
very likely belonged to the generation of seltlers who round about 900 A.
D. migrated to Iceland, most of them coming from Nonvay, and populated
the previously uninliabited country. He also states that the grave was
situated too far from the farm Daðastaðir to have belonged to that farm
originally. It seems likely that in the lOth century a farm (probably called
Kleif) was situated some 150 m south of the gravesite, where ruins are still
visible, now called Kleifargerði. The buried woman probably liad lier home
there.