“CHAINED BY HER DESTINY” – THE GRAVE OF A FEMALE WITH A TODDLER AT THE LA TÈNE CEMETERY IN NITRA-MLYNÁRCE

• Authors: Bujna Jozef
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The article pays attention to a specific inhumation grave of a female with a toddler uncovered together with 10 cremation graves from the Middle La Tène period (stage LTC1) at the site of Nitra-Mlynárce. The inhumation grave is dated to the end of stage LTC1 (C1b–c) and it can be characterized by several specific attributes: 1 rare orientation of the buried woman with her head to the east; 2 depositing of remains of the dead female in a flexed (“hocker”) position on the right side which can be associated with the baby in her arms; 3 specific costume garniture characterized by absence of anklets, by a chain belt and an armlet; 4 higher social status of the buried female indicated by textiles/burial shroud decorated with gold; 5 chain of 23 mutually hooked cramp irons probably as a symbol of the kinship of the mother and her child. The remarkable grave complex is assessed in the context of analogous finds and paleo-demographic profile.

Keywords

EN

GRAVE; FEMALE; TODDLER; CEMETERY; LA TÈNE PERIOD; NITRA REGION

• Publisher: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Archaeological Institute
• Journal: Študijné zvesti
• Year: 2019
• Issue: 65
• Pages: 57 - 69

Contributors

author

Bujna Jozef

• Katedra archeológie, Univerzita Konštantína Filozofa v Nitre, Tr. A.Hlinku 1, 949 74 Nitra, Slovak Republic