KOSTROVÉ HROBY Z DOBY POPELNICOVÝCH POLÍ NA MORAVĚ

• Authors: Parma David , Stuchlík Stanislav

Title variants

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Urnfield culture inhumation graves in Moravia

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

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The practice of burying the deceased without cremating them during the Late and Final Bronze Age is a rare occurrence in Central Europe, as it was established and widely respected practice to cremate the deceased before burying them. Despite the low number of instances of this practice, its information value may be significant, which is why a new commented list of all Urnfield culture inhumation graves in Moravia was prepared. It includes a total of 11 sites, including eight graves from the Late and seven from the Final Bronze Age; inhumation are completely absent in the eastern and northern Moravia. Based on this list, the current knowledge about this issue has been summarised and explained within broader geographical contexts and interpreted (where possible). While in the case of inhumation burials during the Late Bronze Age we can talk about isolated exceptions related most probably to earlier Middle Bronze Age burial practices, during the Final Bronze Age we can begin to see connections with the new wave of innovations coming from the Carpathian Basin. Inventory of inhumation graves differs from contemporary cremation graves, it is clear that in comparison with ordinary funerals, fewer ceramic vessels and more parts of costume appear in graves with unburnt bodies. In the case of jewelry, the original function can be well established thanks to the functional position.

Keywords

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MORAVIA; LATE BRONZE AGE; BURIAL RITE; URNFIELD CULTURE; INHUMATION GRAVES

• Publisher: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Archaeological Institute
• Journal: Slovenská archeológia (Slovak Archaeology)
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 65
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 207 – 236

Contributors

author

Parma David

• Ústav archeologické památkové péče Brno, v. v. i., Kaloudova 1321/30, 614 00 Brno, Czech Republic

author

Stuchlík Stanislav