Fusaiole în mormintele sarmatice din Muntenia și Moldova
Spindel-whorls in the Sarmatic graves from Wallachia and Moldavia

Summary/Abstract: The custom of depositing spindle whorls is not so often attested, at least for the Sarmatian graves from Wallachia and Moldavia. Even so, the analysis of its characteristics can help not only to complete the general image of the Sarmatian graves from the two above-mentioned areas, but can also highlight certain common features and differences, too. The number of Sarmatian graves with spindle whorls from Wallachia and Moldavia is not a very large one – 36 (19 in Wallachia and 17 in Moldavia), out of a total that can be estimated at about 500 graves. The author discusses the characteristics of the burials (grave layout, orientation and position of the deceased, specific features of age and sex of the individuals), of the funerary inventory (number, type and position of spindle whorls, associations of grave goods) and the dating of the graves. As far as can be seen from the currently available documentation, the spindle whorls were deposited mainly in graves belonging to adult women, some of them with a high material and social status.

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