What can the study of grave-goods tell us about the nature of society?

What can the study of grave-goods tell us about the nature of society? The Anglo-Saxon ship, Sutton Hoo, was discovered by Basil Brown in 1939 in a burial mound near Woodbridge, Suffolk, in southeast England, and was excavated in 1939 and in 1965-7. This excavation provided a number of aspects of the study of Anglo-Saxons. It shows aspects of the Christian conversion, everyday life, religion, customs, kingdoms, myths and legends, and the study of the remains of …

…shows that the Anglo-Saxons were not only great maritime people, highly experienced sailors, but also had great ship building skills and skilled craftsmen. The materials from the site can tell us not only a great deal about the everyday belongings of Anglo-Saxon people, but they also document more intangible belongings such as wealth, power, stratification of society, social and cultural identity, religious beliefs, geography, levels of technology and fields of knowledge. Written by Christina Gerber.