Observații asupra necropolelor tumulare și a așezărilor „invizibile” din vestul Serbiei în Prima Epocă a Fierului
Remarks on Tumular Necropolises and “Invisible“ Settlements in Western Serbia in the First Iron Age

Summary/Abstract: Research history of tumular necropolises in Western Serbia provided us with sufficient data to define the basic characteristics and regularities in funerary practice, particularly for the Bronze and Iron Ages. Majority of the First Iron Age graves in this part of the Balkans can be firmly tied with the strong influence of the Glasinac or Glasinac – Mati culture/cultural complex. Its population practiced both inhumation and cremation of the deceased, accompanied by typical elements of attire, with tumular grave marks. In contrast to the well explored necropolises, settlement sites in Western Serbia are still under a question mark. Our knowledge is restricted to some multi-layered hill-fort sites, whose poorly preserved stratigraphical sequence comprises First Iron Age material, too. The material confirmation of settlement activities can be treated as a testimony to the specific settlement strategy during the period. However, seven decades of intensive field surveys as well as many sondages, have not provided definite regularities of Iron Age settlements.

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