Grave field

In the mid- to late 5th century, burial customs appeared to change with the introduction of larger row-grave fields.

Quast (1997) assumes that the 5th-century change in burial practice was due to a renewed influx of Elbe Germanic settlers (Danube Swabians displaced by Gothic migration).

Male graves from this period often include weapons — in the mid-5th century typically a Francisca axe, besides spathas and seaxes.

In contrast, female graves often include jewellery, such as bracelets, earrings and fibulae.

The Alemannic colonization of the Swiss plateau apparently took place in the Basel area, since the number of graves there declined simultaneously.

Excavation of the Alemannic grave field at Sasbach (Ortenau) .
Remains of two girls buried in the same grave, 6th- to 7th-century grave in Sasbach.
A maeotae skeleton of the burial ground near Farm of Lenin's Name, Krasnodar region , Russia 4th to 2nd century BC
6th- to 7th-century jewellery found in the Freiburg district .