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grave goods

Noun

Meaning

grave goods pl (normally plural, singular grave good)

(archaeology) The artefacts (jewellery, animals, slaves, etc) buried with a dead person in a grave or tomb.

grave-goods pl (normally plural, singular grave-good)

Alternative form of grave goods

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grave-goods

Examples

Grave goods often include pottery, bone combs, and iron tools, but hardly ever weapons. citation. Source: Internet

Plunkett, Suffolk in Anglo-Saxon Times, pp. 76–78 The excavated grave-goods of the Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Gipeswic, including those found in burials under small barrows, were not particularly wealthy or elaborate. Source: Internet

"Grave goods in early medieval burials: messages and meanings." Source: Internet

The houses of the wealthy were evidently often large and comfortable, but the burial chambers of tombs, often filled with grave-goods, are the nearest approach to them to survive. Source: Internet

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