NEOLITICKÝ HROB (?) A KULTOVÝ OBJEKT ZO STARŠEJ DOBY BRONZOVEJ V NITRE-DOLNÝCH KRŠKANOCH

• Authors: Ruttkay Matej

Title variants

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Neolithic grave (?) and a feature with cult function from the Early Bronze Age in Nitra-Dolné Krškany

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

EN

In 2003, a feature – presumably a grave – was uncovered during an investigation in the southern part of Nitra-Dolné Krškany. Based on the radiocarbon dating, the grave was dated to the end of the Late Neolithic (5830 ±40 BP) – most likely the phase I of Lengyel culture. Due to the violation of the contexts, it was impossible to determine whether the feature was a grave within a settlement or a burial at the bottom of a storage pit. We were also able to obtain new knowledge about the feature no. 16 – a conical storage pit with five skeletons lying on its bottom. The radiocarbon dating indicates that the feature could be dated between 3570 ±35 and 3550 ±35 BP. Feature no. 16 can be linked with Nitra culture, probably its Nitra-Únětice phase. The context indicates that the bodies were intentionally deposited in the feature (not discarded). The central skeleton is, most likely, a man in a so-called frog position with arms in an artificial adoration gesture. Above him was laid a child who apparently died violently. The find allows various interpretations. However, the author prefers the explanation that the deceased were intentionally deposited in the grave with a certain cult intention.

Keywords

EN

WESTERN SLOVAKIA; NEOLITHIC; EARLY BRONZE AGE; LENGYEL CULTURE; GRAVE; STORAGE PITS; SKELETONS

• Publisher: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Archaeological Institute
• Journal: Slovenská archeológia (Slovak Archaeology)
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 68
• Issue: suppl 1
• Pages: 537 – 552

Contributors

author

Ruttkay Matej

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

Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.31577/slovarch.2020.suppl.1.46