Marisia - Maros Megyei Múzeum Évkönyve 33/4. (2013)
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180 E. Gall In the western part of the cemetery the rows cemetery sections of families (?). of graves form clusters, which might indicate the The following results were made: Fig. 32. Grave clusters in the churchyard So we could distinguish five larger groups of graves. These groups may indicate the existence of distinct entities (families?). Grave 28.В was found in Group III on the edge of the cemetery, this is Based on these data, it can be seen that the absolute chronological time period of the use of the cemetery cannot be detected unlike in the case of the Däbäca cemetery. In the southern part of the cemetery, in grave group III, grave horizon III is dated by the H69 coin .179 180 The grave was found on the edge of the cemetery. Grave 85 in grave group III also belongs to this horizon, dated by the H139m anonym denarius. So the cemetery might have been abandoned in the time of Béla III, or at the end of the 12th century. 179 Bálint Hóman dated them to the 1190s but according to László Kovács, who used results of Ján Hunkas research, it cannot be proved. Hóman 1916,238,254-255; Hunka 1996, 119; Kovács 1997, 306, note 2051. 180 L. Réthy categorised it to Béla III: CNH 118. Réthy 1899, 22. dated by the H69 coin of Béla III, which also dates the last phase of the cemetery. In accordance with the topographical locations of the graves, the following chronological sequence can be established: As the multiple layers of the graves can be detected even on the edges of the cemetery, we think that we can calculate 30-40-50 years in the case of the excavated cemetery sections. However, as can be seen on the cemetery map, its largest part was not be excavated, but in the middle a much larger quantity of multilayered graves can be documented .181 Therefore, one may assume that the cemetery was abandoned during the reign of King Béla III, but we can never estimate when they started to bury here. However, if the periphery of the cemetery had already been used between the 30’s and 50’s of the 12th century, 181 For instance, in Trench II, Doboka near the church 90 skulls and 16 skeletons were registered. Gáli 2011, 4. táb., Appendix. Grave groups Burial horizon I Burial horizon II ______________Burial horizon III______________ Group I Grave 96 Graves 95, 97 ________________Graves 76, 94________________ Group II Graves 27, 98, 100.C, 102 Grave 35 Graves 29, 30, 31, 99, 100.A-B, 101, Group III Graves 24, 32, 34, 78 Graves 25, 28.A-B Group IV Graves 45, 79, 84 Graves 81.A-B, 83 Group V Graves 40, 72, 86, 90 Gra^S 109’ 114 П7 Graves41,42, 80 A'B> 103A“B> HO, 111, 112,113 Fig. 33. Grave groups and chronological horizons in the southern part of the churchyard
