THE MIDDLE BRONZE AGE CEMETERY AT ŢUFALĂU / CÓFALVA–ALÁMENŐ I (COVASNA COUNTY, ROMANIA)
THE MIDDLE BRONZE AGE CEMETERY AT ŢUFALĂU / CÓFALVA–ALÁMENŐ I (COVASNA COUNTY, ROMANIA)
Author(s): József PuskásSubject(s): Archaeology, Cultural history, Regional Geography, Local History / Microhistory, Ancient World, Prehistory
Published by: Editura Mega Print SRL
Keywords: field survey; cremation cemetery; southeastern Transylvania; Wietenberg culture; C14 data;
Summary/Abstract: In 2018, during field surveys, near the village Ţufalău / Cófalva a Middle Bronze Age cemetery was identified. In the ploughing marks a total of 18 ceramic and bone densities were discovered, belonging to a disturbed cremation cemetery. The ceramics discovered in the cemetery belong entirely to the Wietenberg culture, very likely to the A‑B/I‑II periods. An important result of the present paper is a radiocarbon dating of one of the graves (G 2). The calibrated data has given a 68.2% probability for a dating between 1876 and 1698 BC, which corresponds to a 95.4% probability for a dating between 1882 and 1692 calBC.
Journal: Marisia. Archaeologia, Historia, Patrimonium
- Issue Year: 2020
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 51-66
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English
