Tuna–Badelunda Burial Field
Tuna i Badelunda
Pre-Roman Iron Age to Viking (500 BCE–1000 CE)·South Scandinavian Iron Age·🇸🇪 Västmanland, Västerås, Badelunda, Sweden
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About Tuna–Badelunda Burial Field
Badelunda grave field at Tuna, 90 visible monuments (mounds, stone circles, ship settings) along 500 m esker ridge, excavated by Hellman. Contains Migration period weapon graves and Vendel boat graves transition. Adjacent Anundshög. Rich iron finds.
Why it mattersBadelunda grave field at Tuna, 90 visible monuments (mounds, stone circles, ship settings) along 500 m esker ridge, excavated by Hellman. Contains Migration period weapon graves and Vendel boat graves transition. Adjacent Anundshög. Rich iron finds.
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Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Badelunda–Anundshög polity relation
Theories
- 01Tuna as Badelunda thing cemetery
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c.500 BCE start
- Period
- Pre-Roman Iron Age to Viking (500 BCE–1000 CE)
- Culture
- South Scandinavian Iron Age
- Purpose
- 90-grave cemetery 500 m stretch with stone settings
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
On the ground