Comparative reflections on the recently unearthed chariot burials at Páty and Sajópetri (Hungary)
Comparative reflections on the recently unearthed chariot burials at Páty and Sajópetri (Hungary)

Summary/Abstract: The recently unearthed chariot burials at Páty and Sajópetri has been studied in this paper. The two-wheeled war chariot is one of the emblematic findsof La Tène culture and analyzed in detail in many recent publications. At thisstage of the research, three new chariot burials were unearthed by modern excavationmethods and well documented in Hungary in the last two decades. Generally,the discoveries of La Tène chariots or their elements are relatively rare in theCarpathian Basin. The necropolis of Sajópetri is considered a particularly importantsite with the two cremation burials including the iron elements of chariots.Another remarkable chariot burial was discovered in Páty, ten kilometers westfrom Budapest. There are some similarities and differences between them, whichhave many major aspects to our knowledge about chariot burial unearthed in theCarpathian Basin and Northwest-Balkan.

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