Somogyi Múzeumok Közleményei 16. (2004)

Siklósi Zsuzsanna: A Kostolac-kultúra újabb temetkezései Balatonbogláron

159 The latest burials of the Kostolac Culture at Balatonboglár ZSUZSANNA SIKLÓSI The track of the planned M7 motorway cuts the archaeological site at Balatonboglár-Berekre-dűlő. Three Kostolac Culture cremation burials were already excavated in 1995, while in 2001 ten new burials were found. These 13 graves form 4 groups, however their ritual is the same, the urn containing the ashes is covered by a dish in each case. In case of the newly excavated burials these dishes were placed with their mouth facing downwards. On the site Late-Baden and Kostolac Cultures settlements were also excavated, but where the burials were located, no settlement remains were found. According to anthropological examination, infants and juveniles were buried in the majority of graves, while in 2 occasions remains of women were unearthed. According to the above, it seems probable that the urn cremation burial was the right of infants and maybe mothers dying in childbirth. The other members of the community were buried outside the settlement or according to a rite without any archaeological trace.