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Funerary practices at the end of the Late Bronze Age in the southern Middle Danube region

Changes in mortuary practices at the end of the Late Bronze Age in southern Middle Danube region are evident in several grave characteristics. The most obvious is an increased number of vessels in ceramic sets placed within the grave. Also as grave goods parts of horse equipment are added. Even though this period is the time of traditional Urnfield cemeteries, presence of inhumation graves can be noticed. Two cemeteries that belong to this period are Batina and Sotin. In this presentation graves from those two cemeteries will be analysed combining archaeological and anthropological data in order to investigate changes in mortuary practices. We hope that this analysis will enable us to answer questions such as: does the combination of grave goods match the sex or age of the deceased or does the choice of grave goods depend on the possibilities of a community who buried the deceased. Possible regularity in mortuary practices of Dalj group - common rituals (enclosing the meat/parts of animals, farewell gifts) and local variations in certain cemeteries will be tested by comparing data from several cemeteries. We will also try to answer the question – who did wear hair jewellery, the most common body ornaments found in graves, combining archaeological and anthropological methods. Changes in mortuary practices of the communities in southern Middle Danube Region at the End of the Bronze Age were not significant, but they are noticeable. It is interesting to investigate how those communities located on the crossroads between the east and west of Carpathian Basin have accepted new customs/practice.

Middle Danube region; Late Bronze Age; Dalj group; Batina; Sotin

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