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EAST ANGLIA AND THE SUTTON HOO SHIP BURIAL - Coggle Diagram
EAST ANGLIA AND THE SUTTON HOO SHIP BURIAL
27 m long ship with a
burial
chamber full of
dazzling
richness
7th c. King of East Anglia:
Rædwald
iconic
helmet
with human mask
vessels
→ fine festine; festivity
bowls; clothing
goldsmith
silverplated
metals from Constantinople / Byzantine
How did the Sutton Hoo ship get there?
Sutton Hoo is the site of two early medieval graveyards dating from the 6th and 7th centuries near Woodbridge in Suffolk, England. Archaeologists have been excavating the area since 1938.
mound
discovered by
Basil Brown
(archaeologist) in
1939
impressive
Dark ages?
NO!
What do we learn from this
discovery
?
Information about the person who rests there
Information about the Anglo-Saxons society
The Sutton Hoo grave rewrote understanding of the
Post-Roman Britain
times
A total of
263 objects
including weapons, silver cutlery, gold buckles, coins and a helmet decorated with precious stones were found.
This single burial embodied a society of
remarkable artistic achievement
complex belief systems
far-reaching international connections