Original scientific paper

On Burial Practices in the Southern Carpathian Basin in the 11th Century BC (Case Study: Cemetery in Slatina)

Daria Ložnjak Dizdar orcid.org/0000-0002-5769-2269 ; Institute of Archaeology, Zagreb, Croatia
Petra Rajić Šikanjić orcid.org/0000-0002-7760-5193 ; Institute of Anthropology, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

The 11th cent. BC in the southern Carpathian Basin was marked by the Urnfield culture. The typological and chronological analysis of the ceramic and metal finds collected in the Late Bronze Age cemetery in Slatina, excavated in 2009, date the cemetery to the Ha A2 phase according to the periodization of H. Müller-Karpe. Absolute radiocarbon dating from the Slatina graves suggests the period of the 11th cent. BC. The analyzed 38 graves give the opportunity to reconstruct the burial practices on the central Drava, while the geographic location of Slatina makes it possible to relate the observed burial practices with the wider communication network of the researched contemporary cemeteries in the wider area of the southern Carpathian Basin.

Keywords

Late Bronze Age; Urnfield culture; Slatina; central Drava valley; cemetery; burial practices

Hrčak ID:

171062

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/171062

Publication date:

21.12.2016.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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