These buildings showed signs of being burnt down during a period of widespread unrest in the Viking Age. Other artifacts found in Årdal included pots, knives and sharpening tools, Demuth said.

Archaeologists recently unveiled remarkable treasure from an excavation at the Skumsnes farm in Fitjar last autumn, including priceless Viking jewelry and coins.

The artifacts indicated the deceased woman was the leader of her household and its textile work, an “important” source of income during Viking times. Some of the glass beads found in the ...

Some of the artifacts ... glass beads. Søren Diinhoff / University Museum of Bergen The graves are located in the municipality of Fitjar, an area along the country’s southwest coast. During the ...

Archaeologists recently unveiled remarkable artifacts from ... gilded brooch and 25 glass beads. Historians also believe that the decedents may have been part of the same Viking family.