d ▁Ex c av ations ▁The ▁Mo es g år d ▁Museum , ▁based ▁near ▁A ar hus , ▁was ▁given ▁permission ▁to ▁exc av ate ▁the ▁site ▁due ▁to ▁a ▁road ▁construction ▁plan ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁exc av ate ▁the ▁area ▁near ▁the ▁church yard ▁of ▁H ald um ▁Church . ▁During ▁this ▁exc av ation , ▁arch ae olog ists ▁found ▁ 1 6 ▁in hum ation ▁gra ves ▁and ▁five ▁cre m ation ▁gra ves ▁from ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 0 th ▁century . ▁Because ▁no ▁visible ▁traces ▁of ▁Christian ▁worship ▁were ▁found , ▁the ▁gra ves ▁are ▁assumed ▁to ▁be ▁pag an . ▁ ▁The ▁exc av ators ▁from ▁the ▁Mo es g år d ▁Museum ▁un ear th ed ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁typical ▁Vik ing ▁Age ▁grave ▁goods , ▁such ▁as ▁pot tery ▁and ▁kn ives . ▁They ▁also ▁found ▁evidence ▁suggesting ▁that ▁at ▁least ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁gra ves ▁belonged ▁to ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁social ▁el ite . ▁Two ▁gra ves ▁were ▁chamber ▁bur ial s . ▁In ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁chamber ▁gra ves , ▁exc av ators ▁found ▁a ▁J elling ▁style ▁bronze ▁orn ament . ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁this ▁finding , ▁the ▁arch ae olog ists ▁also ▁discovered ▁two ▁c ask ets ▁which ▁had ▁once ▁been ▁br illi antly ▁orn ament ed . ▁ ▁On ▁the ▁southern ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁church yard , ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁post hol es ▁indicates ▁a ▁ 1 3 0 - meter