Pásztor Emília (szerk.): Sámánizmus és természethit régen és ma - Bajai dolgozatok 23. (Baja, 2019)
Cs. Andrási Réka: A Madaras-Árvai-dűlői honfoglalás kori temető az új kutatások tükrében
The cemetery of Madaras-Arvai dúló revisited in the light of modern research slaves or very poor, the other hypothesis says this was a way of defense against the dead possessed by malicious spirits (Tettemanti 1975,101). In my opinion in case of male graves neither theory can be excluded. In case of the female deceased, it is remarkable, that she was buried with a big number of complements, this means she could not be a poor or outcasted member of the society. However, on the map of the graveyard it is clearly visible that while the other graves are placed close to each other in two parallel lines on the Northern side of the mound, grave 6 on the other hand is located on the on the South side of the mound on its own (Kőhegyi 1980, 216-217). But we cannot draw more conclusions because of the partial nature of the excavation. The signs of food equipments in most cases are animal bones. In case of grave 6 a sheep bone was found left from the scull of the deceased. This placement was common in that period, though sometimes the meat was placed above the scull or on top of the chest as well. (Révész 1996, 191.). This was surely the rightful portion of the deceased from the burial-feast. In the 20th century researchers already paid a great deal of attention to the deceased buried with their horses: Géza Nagy (Nagy 1893a, 222-234; Nagy 1893b, 313-323.), József Hampel (Hampel 1900, 704; Hampel 1907a; Hampel 1907b, 108.), Ferenc Móra (Móra 1932, 58.) all were interested in the horse burials of the Conquest Period. Their theories however are out of date, but their original research inspired exploration of further solutions and the idea of a different grouping of the findings. The first larger groping was conducted by Gyula László (László 1943, 46-57). This grouping was further refined and redefined in the works of Csanád Bálint (Bálint 1969, 1970.). The most recent work regarding the horse graves from the Conquest period was done by István Vörös (Vörös 2013, 321-337). He conducted research regarding archaeozoology and history of research as well and created a new groping. The excavation of Árvai-dűlő contained one female grave with a buried horse (4). Characteristically for the Conquest period only the skull and the four shins of the horse were buried with the deceased, as it was done in the case of a fractional horse burial. The scull of the horse was placed on the right side of the shin of the deceased and the four sheens of the horse were put underneath it. This rite was present until the first quarter of the 11th century (Bálint 1969, 111). Horse buried with riding gear, also called as symbolic horse burials, were found in the cemetery too, so and I will take a look with the 4 grade's bridle. Stirrups could be shaped in various ways during the Conquest period. Their use was dependent on the gender, age and sometimes social status as well (Révész 1996, 43.). In the cemetery we discuss here the 52 ////////////////////////^^^^
