Horváth László: A magyarszerdahelyi kelta és római temető - Zalai Gyűjtemény 14. (Zalaegerszeg, 1979)

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LÁSZLÓ HORVÁTH: THE CELTIC AND ROMAN CEMETERY AT MAGYARSZERDAHELY (Summary) Out of the sand-pit opened at the border of the village Magyarszerdahely, north-west of Nagykanizsa, in the '930' s and '940' s, sporadic Celtic and Roman grave-goods were dug out. From among the finds several were acquired by the Hungarian National Museum and the György Thúry Museum in Nagykanizsa, — there was among them also a very beautifully carved Roman grave stone. From 1971 to 1975 we have carried on excavations on the site of the Celtic and Roman cemetery situated in the region of the sand-pit. Out of the 62 uncovered graves 28 contained Celtic and 34 Roman burying. Beside these we have also found two cremation places (cremation place A and B), belonging to the Celtic cemetery. On basis of the analysis of the finds of the Celtic cemetery at Magyarszerdahely we may state, that the ground had been used during the entire time of the LT

—C period. The earliest grave we have to date to the beginning of the period (Grave No. 30), while the youngest graves (graves Nos. 12. 13, 15) may be dated to the period LT

—C2, maybe to the very end of same (Picture No. 17). In the case of most graves we may define only a very extended period, therefore, the chronology of the graves, on picture No. 17 situated in the centre-line of LT

—C, must not be considered as absolute time. The find-material fits into the general „uniformized" image of the Carpathian basin. For the time being we have not yet found such special form, fund (maybe only the girdlechains make an exception), which would be characteristic for this territory only. Only the overweight of the strewn-ashes rite could show local characteristics, in case we could dispose of several similar burial-grounds. On basis of the present condition of research we can not define the tribal wich had used the cemetery. On basis of the grave-goods of the Celtic cemetery at Magyarszerdahely we have to think of a community which had reached our territory with the second Celtic wave (beginning of LT

—C) and had used the cemetery for about 150 years. In the course of authentic excavations only one warrior grave was found in the cemetery but earlier fragments indicate, that ori-