# Greby

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{{Short description|Iron Age grave field in Sweden}}
right|thumb| Greby grave field in March 2007
The '''Greby grave field''' (Swedish: ''Greby gravfält'') is an [Iron Age](/source/Iron_Age) [grave field](/source/grave_field) in western [Sweden](/source/Sweden). It is located north of [Grebbestad](/source/Grebbestad), [Tanum Municipality](/source/Tanum_Municipality) in [Västra Götaland County](/source/V%C3%A4stra_G%C3%B6taland_County). With its 220 graves, it is the largest site of this kind in [Bohuslän](/source/Bohusl%C3%A4n).<ref name="tanum">{{cite web|title=Greby Gravfält, Grebbestad|url=http://www.vastsverige.com/sv/tanum/products/45531/Greby-Gravfalt-Grebbestad/|publisher=Tanum Municipality|accessdate=29 December 2010}}</ref>

In June 1873, Swedish archaeologist and cultural historian [Oscar Montelius](/source/Oscar_Montelius) (1843–1921) examined eleven of the graves. The grave inventory included glass pearls, bone combs and other everyday objects, dating  to the time of migration (approx. 400-500 AD).
Similar artifacts have been found in a number of other places in Sweden as well as in Norway, Germany and England
<ref name="UV Väst nr 3">Gerdin Anna-Lena. Svärd och säd från bronsåldern samt mycket annat - om nya spännade fynd i Tanum. ''Riksantrikvarieämbetet Byrån för Arkeologiska Undersökningar UV Väst. Småskrifter nr 3'', 1994.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=  https://sok.riksarkivet.se/SBL/Presentation.aspx?id=9465  |title= Gustav Oscar August Montelius|website= Svenskt biografiskt lexikon |access-date=September 1, 2020}}  
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<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.svenskaakademien.se/svenska-akademien/ledamotsregister/montelius-oscar|title= Oscar A Montelius|website =Svenska Akademien
|access-date=September 1, 2020}} </ref>

Newer findings indicate that Greby might have been an ancient trading site.<ref name="phis">{{cite web|last=Svensson|first=Kristina|title=Fornminnet Greby gravfält|url=http://www.popularhistoria.se/o.o.i.s?id=43&vid=1580|publisher=Populär Historia 8/2008|accessdate=29 December 2010}}</ref>

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Category:Iron Age sites in Europe
Category:Buildings and structures in Västra Götaland County
Category:Archaeological sites in Sweden
Category:Burial monuments and structures
Category:Germanic archaeological sites
Category:History of Bohuslän
Category:Geography of Västra Götaland County
Category:Tanum Municipality

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