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Das "prähistorische Modell von Varna" und die Fragen der Sozialstruktur der Lengyel-Kultur
The "prehistoric model of Varna" and the questions of the social structure of the Lengyel culture

Author(s): István Zalai-Gaál
Subject(s): Archaeology, Customs / Folklore, Local History / Microhistory, Ancient World, Culture and social structure
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: tombs; burial customs; Lengyel culture; Varna;

Summary/Abstract: The importance of analyzing prehistoric burial sites is no longer disputed: the burials represent the oldest and most important scientific sources for understanding the history of mankind, although a nearly real picture of the prevailing conditions only in accordance with the data of settlement and environmental archaeological research won can be. Modern analysts emphasize the importance of the funerary rites: the position of the tomb in the terrain and its relation to the settlement, the character and form of the tomb, the location of the dead in the tombs, and equipment of the dead. All these phenomena must be analyzed in terms of the sex and age of the skeletons.

  • Issue Year: 53/2002
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 273-298
  • Page Count: 26
  • Language: German