ATYPICAL BURIALS FROM THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES IN THE TERRITORY OF WESTERN SLOVAKIA

• Authors: Nezvalová Lucia
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The change in the burial rite in the Early Middle Ages brought new problems in the interpretation of burials. Within the regular graves, with individuals placed in stretched supine position with the head towards the west, occurred also those who defy this rule. They are mainly the graves found outside the cemeteries (isolated graves, graves at settlement, individuals laid in settlement features) and graves of individuals buried at cemeteries but in atypical positions (individuals in prone, lateral, or other rare positions) or orientation (north-southern directions of a grave pit or with the head laid towards the east), eventually the graves with identified posterior interventions. These atypical graves gain the attention of European scientists, who try to interpret them, in the last few years. The paper concentrates on these graves from the territory of western Slovakia from the period of the 9th to 12th c. and tries to contribute to the understanding of this problem.

Keywords

EN

WESTERN SLOVAKIA; EARLY MIDDLE AGES; BURIAL RITE; ATYPICAL GRAVE; BODY POSITION; GRAVE ORIENTATION

• Publisher: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Archaeological Institute
• Journal: Slovenská archeológia (Slovak Archaeology)
• Year: 2023
• Volume: 71
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 53 - 102

Contributors

author

Nezvalová Lucia

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

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6809-0183

Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.31577/slovarch.2023.71.3