POHREBISKO Z 9. STOROČIA V NITRE-DOLNÝCH KRŠKANOCH

• Authors: Hanuliak Milan , Chropovský Bohuslav

Title variants

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Burial place from the 9th century in Nitra-Dolné Krškany

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

EN

The study presents results obtained from the analysis of 54 graves. They were examined in the western and eastern part of the burial place in 1976. The central part and peripheral sections were not uncovered. In spite of it, it is clear that the graves were placed in eight groups that were filled with different intensity. The components of the burial rite have almost uniform appearance. Deviations from the standard placement of body remains are not of higher intensity; their more frequent occurrence is missing. This also applies to the shape and size of grave pits in full extent. Remains of wooden constructions of different types are even rarer. Exceptional defense practices performed on the buried individuals were in line with the then pre-Christian principles. Their influence was manifested also during demarcation of the orientation of the deceased, at placement of the burial place in the local natural environment. The composition of the burial inventory, which is represent by 30 main types and their variants, brings lower quality of knowledge. The value of knowledge is lowered by marked occurrence of representatives from the group of ritual character and daily requirements. Their dating ability is very low up to negligible. Earrings of the so called danubian and veligradian jewellery types do not bring information of better quality as well. Their specimen does not occur in stable combinations with other objects. They are situated in graves placed in two parts of the necropolis that are separated by the uncovered part. Burying in the burial place can be dated only in general into the first and second half of 9th c. because of lack of data at disposal. We are not able to determine how long the burial place was used as we have neither the initial nor the final section at disposal. With definitive validity it is also not possible to confirm the continuous process of burying, which was noticed only as indication, directed from the western to eastern part of the necropolis. However, in spite of the limited quality of input data it is possible to sort out a small group of individuals with higher or more prestigious status in the local community.

Keywords

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WESTERN SLOVAKIA; EARLY MIDDLE AGES; BURIAL CUSTOMS

• Publisher: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Archaeological Institute
• Journal: Slovenská archeológia (Slovak Archaeology)
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 67
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 287 – 365

Contributors

author

Hanuliak Milan

• Archeologický ústav SAV, Akademická 2, 949 21 Nitra, Slovak Republic

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Chropovský Bohuslav

Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.31577/slovarch.2019.67.9