A Mesteri–intapusztai Árpád-kori temető gyöngyeinek archeometriai vizsgálata I (original) (raw)

The Árpádian Age cemetery at Mesteri-Intapuszta comprised 318 (excavated) graves. Beads were documented in 16 graves. This study is centred on the study of geochemical investigation of some of these beads. The find circumstances of beads, strings of beads is presented in situ on the basis of excavation documentation; moreover, the other grave goods for some of these graves. On the basis of the map of the cemetery we think that the use of glass beads was common during the whole period of the usage of the cemetery, i.e. the early phase of the Árpádian Age, besides silver jewellery that served as the other typical find in the graves of the wealthy deceased. Strings of beads were typically given to children (Inf. I, i.e. between 0-7 years) till mature adult age (<39 years). Archaeometrical studies were induced by the frequency and variability of the beads, performed in several steps. The paper presents the electron microprobe results on 10 glass beads with a historical interpretation of the data