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TISICUM XXVII. 1998 Kora bronzkori leletek Bács-Kiskun megyéből. - Frühbronzezeitliche Funde im Komitat Bács-Kiskun. Móra Ferenc Múzeum Évkönyve - Studia Archaeologica IV. Szeged 55-80. 1999. Kora bronzkori edénylelet Kecskemét-Csukáséren. - Ein frühbronzezeitliches Gefässdepot auf dem Fundort Kecskemét-Csukásér. Móra Ferenc Múzeum Évkönyve - Studia Archaeologica V. Szeged. 27-49. 2003. Kora bronzkori temetkezés Mártély-Üdülőtelepen. - Eine frühbronzezeitliche Bestattung in Mártély-Üdülőtelep. Móra Ferenc Múzeum Évkönyve - Studia Archaeologica IX. Szeged. 101-109. VICZE Magdolna 2011. Bronze Age Cemetery at Dunaújváros-Duna-dűlő. Dissertationes Pannonicae Ser. 4. Vol. 1. Budapest. Fanni Nagy: The burial rite of the early and classical phase of the Nagyrév culture The burials of the Nagyrév culture show a diverse picture. The three main types of rites occur in roughly the same ratio in every area of the Carpathian basin (Danube River valley, Middle Tisza Region, Southern Great Plain): most of the deceased are cremated, the ashes are scattered in the grave (or put in an organic container which we cannot detect). The ashes are put into urns as often as the skeleton burials are in a contracted position. The only difference we can find in ratio, based on the current researches, is in the culture’s classical phase at the Danube River valley, where the urnal rite takes the leading role. This is not surprising, because the fixed urnal rite of the late Kulcs phase of this culture develops in this area. A part of the graves with scattered ashes in the Danube region, and most of the Middle Tisza region follow a strict, fixed rite. The ashes are placed in piles of the eastern, north-eastern part of the grave, and the potteries, also in piles, in the south-western side. In the skeleton burials we can see identical orientation in each cemetery. There is no correlation between bigger areas. The biggest amount of potteries are in the scattered burials (on average 4-5, maximum 16), among we can find pots, bowls, jars, jugs, cups, so practically a complete ’dinner set’. Next to the skeleton burials there are 1 or 2 potteries (jars, bowls) except in Szigethalom with a set of 11 pieces. In the case of urn graves, usually a pot contains the ashes, which is sometimes covered with a bowl and a small jar or bowl is placed next to it. The only exception is Mártély-Üdülőtelep, where the urn grave contains 6 potteries. The layout of the cemeteries in the early and classical period of the Nagyrév culture is scarce, but we can find small groups of family relations between the graves. The largest known cemetery from this period is Nagyrév-Zsidóhalom. 3 of the collected cemeteries, certainly belonged to a tell settlement, but probably every tell had its own necropolis. The graves became more frequent on the northern side of Csepel Island and in the Middle Tisza region. In the Southern Great Plain, we only have knowledge of graves from the early period of the Nagyrév culture, which are situated exclusively on the left bank of the Tisza. 46
