To the south-west of the settlement spread a huge cemetery area, with the mid-ninth-
century boat grave as a focus. Also, inside the rampart, in the south-west stretching
from the rampart to the c. 6 m contour, thousands of small anomalies with a lesser
degree of magneticism were investigated in 2002 (Figure 8. 2. 5 ). They could be inter-
preted as burials. Ring ditches were also detected in some cases (Steuer 1984 : 203 – 9 ;
Eisenschmidt 1994 : 38 f.; 2004 : 302 ). From Knorr’s and Jankuhn’s excavations a super-
positioning of the cemetery with house structures points to the usage of this area for
housing and production activities from the tenth century ( Jankuhn 1986 : 107 , 110 ).
Settlement structures in the whole south-western area are proved by the 2002 magnet-
ometer survey; the density of detected houses seems to be less than in the northern parts
of Hedeby, but the whole area inside the rampart seems to be settled. Also, the data
from the surface-survey and systematic metal-detection point to settlement activities.
Figure 8. 2. 5 Simplified interpretation of the magnetic anomalies (on the basis done by the teams
from Vienna and Marburg).–– chapter 8 ( 2 ): Hedeby: an outline of its research history––