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Csizmadia Gábor–Németh Péter Gergely: Római kori halomsírok Somogy megyében

Roman Tumuli in County Somogy

GÁBOR CSIZMADIA & PÉTER GERGELY NÉMETH

Besides introducing the Roman Age barrow cemeteries, this study also presents other burial locations of similar type with Prehistoric or uncertain dating, as well as the results of exploration of settlements near the Roman tumuli. We had the opportunity to excavate only two Roman barrows in Somogyaszaló (1996) and Somogyjád (1997-989) each. In 2007 three tumuli in Somogyvár-Bréza-erdő were probed. The Roman Age dating of the barrow fields in Orci and Iregszemcse- Csehipuszta (the latter one has been destroyed since) is based on earlier excavations. The dating of the barrows in Alsóbogát is supported with a great number of stray finds, while the location of the tumuli

of Nagyberki - probably secondary burials in Early Iron Age mounds - is unknown. Roman Age mound burials appear in County Somogy at the turn of the 1st and 2nd centuries, and continue in the 2nd and 3d centuries. The latest burial was found in Tumulus 1 in Somogyjád, dated to the last third of the 3d century. New excavations would certainly be necessary to gain a more accurate view. Earlier measurements, too, badly need re-calibration by exploiting the advantages of digital technology. Surveys should also be extended to Prehistoric barrow fields. Uncertain dating of some locations must be clarified with excavations.