Savaria – A Vas Megyei Múzeumok Értesítője 33. – (2010) (Szombathely, 2010)

RÉGÉSZET - Pap Ildikó: Koporsós temetkezések Szombathely-Kisfaludy Sándor utca kora árpád-kori temetőjében

savaRia a Vas megyei Múzeumok Értesítője 33 (2010) 93-117 Koporsós temetkezések Szombathely-Kisfaludy Sándor utca kora Árpád-kori temetőjében Ildikó Katalin PAP BURIAL IN COFFINS IN THE CEMETERY FROM THE EARLY ÁRPÁDIAN-AGE (997-1 301 ) IN THE KISFALUDY STREET IN THE TOWN OF SZOMBATHELY The thesis deals with the analysis of burial customs in the cemetery from the 11

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h Century, unearthed at the eastern end of the Kisfaludy Street. We were able to differentiate tree-trunk and plank coffins, composite and saddle backed composite coffins. Coffin forms cannot be deduced from each other, as the types listed here were used at the same time all over the cemetery. Düring the thorough analysis of data in the cemetery I could condude that all dead in the serial cemetery in the Sándor Kisfaludy Street were buried in coffins, irrespective of their age, sex or social status. 117