New Data on the Eneolithic Cemetery from Sultana-Malu Roşu (Călăraşi county, Romania) (original) (raw)
The Eneolithic cemetery is located near the Sultana-Malu Roşu Eneolithic tell, ca. 400 m northeast of the Sultana village, commune of Mânăstirea, in Călăraşi county, southeast Romania. This is a settlement from the second half of the fifth millennium BC (Kodjadermen-Gumelniţa-Karanovo VI complex). Between 2008-2009 we found 17 inhumations graves. The graves contained human skeletons in crouched (fetal) position, laying on the left side and oriented generally eastward. Funerary inventory was found in only a few of the graves. The cemetery area also yielded two pits (C6/2007 and C1/2009) from the same period. These complexes contained ceramic fragments, animal bones, shells etc. and reflected probably some commemorating ceremonies or some stages of the funeral ceremony. The burials from the Sultana-Malu Roşu cemetery and the elements of funerary treatment identified here bear similarities with the standard mortuary practices of the Kodjadermen-Gumelniţa-Karanovo VI complex. Rezumat: Necropola eneolitică în discuție se află lângă așezarea de tip tell de la Sultana-Malu Roşu, la circa 400 m nord-est de satul Sultana, com. Mânăstirea, jud. Călărași, în sud/estul României. Așezarea aparține complexului cultural Kodjadermen-Gumelniţa-Karanovo VI. Între 2008-2009 au mai fost cercetate 17 morminte de inhumație. Acestea conțineau schelete depuse în poziție chircită pe partea stângă sau dreaptă, cu orientări apropiate de est. Inventar funerar a fost identificat doar în câteva cazuri. În zona necropolei au fost identificate și două gropi (C6/2007 și C1/2009) din aceiași perioadă cronologică. Acestea conțineau fragmente ceramice, oase de animale și reflectă probabil anumite acțiuni legate de etape ale cermonialului funerar sau alte ritualuri de comemorare. Mormintele din necropola de la Sultana-Malu Roşu, prin elementele de tratament funerar identificate, reflectă aceleași standarde funerare specifice complexului cultural Kodjadermen-Gumelniţa-Karanovo VI.
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