A Cruel Fate? The Unique Bronze Age Burial from Ivanovice na Hané (okr. Vyškov, CZ)
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| Year of publication | 2018 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt : Urgeschichte, Römerzeit, Frühmittelalter |
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| Web | https://web.rgzm.de/a/article/a-cruel-fate-the-unique-bronze-age-burial-from-ivanovice-na-hane-okr-vyskovcz/ |
| Keywords | Late Bronze Age; Burial; Bioarchaelogy; Bronze ornaments |
| Description | Remains of inhumed human bodies from a period in which cremation was the strict burial rite norm are a rare yet wellknown phenomenon. The unique find of a woman with a luxurious set of ornaments from Ivanovice na Hané can be interpreted with a high degree of certainty as a remarkable event connected with the motive sphere, probably a specific type of sacrifice. As a whole, the assemblage of ornaments with demonstrable imports has no parallel in the local environment and points to the elite status of the individual of local origin. The individual artefacts have good parallels in the hoards of the Gyermely horizon, and thanks to a radiocarbon date from a bone this find provides us an important contribution to the absolute dating of this find horizon. |