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S2 (grave, Fig. 4; Table 2. 2/1—3)

Urn grave. The urn was damaged during the removal of the upper humus. The grave’s outline was not visible. The absolute depth of the grave is -36—54 cm. The top of the large-sized vessel (1st inch Table 2. 2/1) and the covering bowl (2nd inch Table 2. 2/3) broke during the mechanical works, but all fragments were collected. The grave seemingly contained 2 vessels. It was taken out in situ and fine dismantling continued at the museum. The ash layer was 5—6 cm thick in the urn. The fragments of the bowl fell into the urn. A small mug (3rd inch Table 2. 2/2) was placed on top of the ashes.

According to the anthropological results the grave belonged to an adultus woman (K. ZOFFMANN 2015,1).

Fig. 6. Pit S4

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S3 (grave, Fig. 5; Table 2. 3/1)

Urn grave. Strongly damaged and fragmented grave. The grave’s contour was not evident. The absolute depth of the grave is -45—64 cm. Due to mechanical works the grave became further broken. On the basis of the collected ceramic pieces (1st inch) after restoring the vessel the grave can be classified as an urn grave. During the excavation a covering bowl was also presumed but the ceramic fragments belonged only to the urn.

The scattered ashes were also taken to anthropological examination. The heavily damaged grave could have preserved the remains of an older, adultus-maturus woman (K. ZOFFMANN 2015, 1).