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82 The Yiking Age in Denmark

Figurc 21 The Hedeby-Danevirke area, southernmost Jylland. Hcdcby at (g) (black dot: Slesvig city). Letters indicate parts of the Danevirke wali system cxcept J. the main north-south road through Jylland. The illustrations at the bottom show the development of Danevirke from the eighth century (left) to the tenth century (right) with the carly ninth century (Kovirke) phase in the middle. (After H. H. Andersen)

only nine, whilc the males total 31.

It is only at the agricultural sites that we notę a normal distribution of men and womcn; for instance, at Stengade on the island of Langeland we have 12 adult men and 16 women, still counting only those gravcs where the skeletons can be identified as of one or the other sex.⁴⁷

The areas needed to supply Hedeby for instance with food, workpower and services, are difficult to establish. The distance to other towns, like Ribe, may allow for the entire area from the Ejder river to beyond the present Danish-German border. However, other activities may have competed with Hedeby for the Southern Jylland resources, In England, the ‘burhs’, or planned towns and communal

Figurę 22 Hedeby. A = the (early) south scttlement. B = the central settlement (early ninth century onwards). C = the Fortress. D = Palisadę or pier. (a) = thecommon graveyard in the central settlement, (b) = chambcr gravcs, (c) = the south graveyard (the boat-chamber grave at 1)