Gyöngyössy Márton (szerk.): Perspectives on the Past. Major Excavations in County Pest (Szentendre, 2008)

(6100-4500 ВС)

(4500-2700 ВС)

(2700/2500-800 ВС)

The section of a Conquest period cemetery came to light at Soroksár in 1999 during the excavations preceding the laying of new gas-pipes. The position of the six burials did not jM have any apparent regularity. Two were probably sym- J0

bolic burials since they did not contain any human ЖШшШ remains. The dead were interred in an extended H

position laid on the back in two graves, while one was laid to rest with the knees drawn up Щ and the hands laid across the chest, suggesting that the deceased had been wrapped in '

a shroud since there were no traces of either a coffin or any other wooden structure. Two burials contained grave goods: one grave yielded an arrowhead and an iron knife, the #

other, the burial of a wealthier woman, con- %%

tained two openwork bronze braid ornaments V adorned with stylised griffins, three penannular \ «I bronze bracelets with pointed terminals, a cockle V shell, glass beads decorated with inlaid wavy lines, glass eye beads, a rattle, a ball button and seven cowry >

shells. The grave can be dated to the late 10th/early 11th century.

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1. Ball button, rattle fragment and beads from the woman's burial

2. Cast bronze openwork braid ornament

3. Wealthy woman’s burial with grave goods

4. Cowry shells, bracelets and a shell from the woman's grave

A wealthy woman's burial at Soroksár