. Social Scandinavia in the Viking age. s but also to serve as a monument to hismemory; consequently, people of wealth and importancewere especially honored by great howcs, while humblerfolk had often l)ut a low mound thrown over them, whichquickly settled to the level of the surrounding shapes of the mounds varied, but they were usuallycircular, oval, triangular, or rectangular; the first-men-tioned form was, however, the most common. Somegraves were characterized by low tumuli pointed at eachend, in resemblance of the deck plan of a ship, the out-line being made of upright stones
. Social Scandinavia in the Viking age. s but also to serve as a monument to hismemory; consequently, people of wealth and importancewere especially honored by great howcs, while humblerfolk had often l)ut a low mound thrown over them, whichquickly settled to the level of the surrounding shapes of the mounds varied, but they were usuallycircular, oval, triangular, or rectangular; the first-men-tioned form was, however, the most common. Somegraves were characterized by low tumuli pointed at eachend, in resemblance of the deck plan of a ship, the out-line being made of upright stones placed close together,those at the ends being unusually tall. Such graves ex-isted in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, and the remainsof some of them may still be seen (Fig. 48). At a very early time—probably as early as the Old Stone Age—the Northmen began to erect^^*^ special memorial stones over the graves of their dead, usually placing them on top of 32 Du Chaillu, Viking Age, I, 421. 33 Steenstrup, Danmarks Riges Historie, I, Fig. 47. ilodein \ie\v of (. iicular l>urial (Irouiid. Aorgcs Oldtid I Iloni Gustafsons .ti^S>M%^ W^ 4sr -^-;>v, <^ i
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