Naslov
"New Insights about Burial Practices during the Early Iron Age in the Southern Carpathian Basin"

Autori
Rakvin, Marta

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
To represent and representing oneself during the Protohistory - 4th Doctoral Meeting of the École européenne de Protohistoire de Bibracte / - , 2018, 12-12

Skup
To represent and representing oneself during the Protohistory - 4th Doctoral Meeting of the École européenne de Protohistoire de Bibracte

Mjesto i datum
Glux-en-Glenne, Francuska, 12.03.2018. - 13.03.2018

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Kaptol, Tumulus IV, burial, Iron Age, Croatia

Sažetak
One of Kaptol’s most famous princely burials was unearthed in tumulus IV in 1967. Rich grave goods, especially imported warrior equipment, made it one of the most important Early Iron Age graves in southern Carpathian basin. This discovery initiated further research of this site, which ultimately gave a large contribution to understanding Iron Age communities living on the southern brims of the Eastern Hallstatt circle. It also pointed to Požega Valley, as one of the most important micro-regions in this part of the Iron Age Europe with extraordinary economic power, probably derived from control over interregional communication networks.During the last 15 years, Center for Prehistoric Research and a team based at the University of Zagreb launched several revision campaigns on Kaptol-Čemernica necropolis, and initiated systematic research of the other necropolis of the same settlement (Kaptol-Gradci). This research of different constructions and grave contexts gave an important insight in complex funerary practices of this community, especially regarding monumental burial structures. Since no such data was recovered in tumulus IV during the 1967 campaign, a revision campaign on presumed location of tumulus IV was undertaken in 2016. The result was an elaborate structure with a massive wooden burial chamber. Two wooden boxes containing pyre remains were located within the chamber. Stone paving across a probably wooden dromos was also found. Furthermore, we managed to locate the trench from 1967, thus establishing a firm contextual frame for further analysis. This research provided grave context for exceptional finds from tumulus IV which enabled a much better analysis of the inventory, as well as the burial practice. It also raises questions about funerary rites, and about the representation of death as a social event in the Early Iron Age community in Kaptol.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Arheologija

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