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Ciprian Astaloş - Cristian Virag: Descoperiri funerare neolitice din judeţul Satu Mare

Ciprian ASTALOŞ — Cristian VIRÁG

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Neolithicfunerary finds from Satu Mare County (Abstract)

The subject of our paper is to present the funerary or probable funerary finds from the Neolithic Age from the Satu Mare county, north-western Romania. The study was made on the basis of 22 features from 11 archaeological sites. However, parts of them are uncertain and controversial finds.

Four graves recently discovered at Tăşnad, are assigned to the Early Neolithic (late Starcevo-Criş culture) . All finds are individual inhumations in the settlement area, three of them in the proper grave pits, and one founded in another typ of feature, probably a refuse pit or a pit house. All Early Neolithic skeletons are laid in contracted position on their left side. No grave goods had been found, exceptfor the grave nr. 3, with two blades from obsidian.

One grave from Urzjceni, two from Pişcolt — Eutărie and one from Căpleni - Togul lid Reo'k, certainy belong to the Middle Neolithic times (Pişcolt culture). Other 8 graves from 6 sites are uncertain assigned to the Middle Neolithic. In addition, a clump of human bones without anatomic connections was found in an unfuneraty context, in a I ditch from Uпреет, fin most cases, the deceased were laid in proper grave pits, except of the skeletons founded in the

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