The Second Cemetery from Sultana - Malu Roşu ? Some hypothetical considerations
The Second Cemetery from Sultana - Malu Roşu ? Some hypothetical considerations
Author(s): Cătălin LazărSubject(s): Archaeology
Published by: Editura Cetatea de Scaun
Keywords: Eneolithic; Gumelniţa culture; cemetery; burials.
Summary/Abstract: In the year 1974, during the research of the IVth century A.D. necropolis, in the northeastern edge of it, was discovered a Gumelniţa grave by Constantin Isăcescu. That area was 300 m south of the Sultana-Malu Roşu tell settlement, near the irrigation channel. The grave contained a skeleton in crouched position, oriented N-S, and have as inventory a polished stone chisel. In our opinion this grave may have belonged to a second cemetery from Sultana-Malu Roşu tell settlement.
Journal: Studii de Preistorie
- Issue Year: 2010
- Issue No: 7
- Page Range: 207-212
- Page Count: 6
- Language: English