Beads from Danish Graves

I recently reviewed Brondsted's survey of Danish Viking era graves (1936 - Acta Archaeologica VII). The information is a little sketchy but he summarizes 345 graves including 314 inhumations and 41 cremations.

I added some notes to the bead page

http://www.darkcompany.ca/beads/beads.php

• 49 graves (14.2%) have 1 or more bead


• 35 graves have known numbers of beads (the others say only "beads")


• Only 7 graves (2%) have 10 or more beads


• For the 35 graves with known numbers:
  
  
  
  • the average (mean) number of beads is 8
  
  
  • the median number of beads is 3 (half the graves have under 3)
  
  
  • the mode (most common number) is 1
  
  


• Of the 23 beads of known type & number
  
  
  
  • 17 are glass (red is the only listed colour)
  
  
  • 4 are amber
  
  
  • 1 rock crystal
  
  
  • 1 stone
  
  


• Clay beads are also mentioned but without specific numbers