Unit 9 - Scotland: Graves and Cemeteries
Multiple-choice exercise
Choose the correct answer for each question.
How may we distinguish Viking from native burials?
- Viking burials are on the coast
- native burials were orientated north-south
- Viking burials included grave goods
- Viking burials were close to settlements
- native burials were in church yards
The main burial rite for Vikings and Christians was
- cremation
- at sea
- inhumation
- under mounds
- in coffins
Burials of Viking women have been identified by finds of ............... in graves
- brooches
- jewellery
- shoes
- pins and needles
- pairs of oval brooches
Why is dating of pagan graves so difficult?
- radio-carbon dating has not yet reached Scotland
- grave goods may be heirlooms
- the date of manufacture of grave goods is difficult to calculate
- there are very few of them
- Vikings quickly became Christian
At which site were Viking pagan graves added to an existing Pictish cemetery?
- Scar, Sanday
- Westness, Rousay
- Kiloran Bay
- Brough of Birsay
- Cunningsburgh