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Space not Only for the Living: Burials and Human Bones in Bronze and Iron Ages Settlements in Poland with a Case Study of Bruszczewo
Jutta Kneisel, Mateusz Jaeger
Mitteilungen der Berliner Gesellschaft für Anthropologie, Ethnologie und Urgeschichte Beiheft 3 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.30819/mbgaeu.b45.7 pp: 111-138 2025-01-14
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Stichworte/keywords: irregular burials, Early Bronze Age, Middle Bronze Age, Late Bronze Age, Early Iron Age, human remains
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Kneisel, J., & Jaeger, M. (). Space not Only for the Living: Burials and Human Bones in Bronze and Iron Ages Settlements in Poland with a Case Study of Bruszczewo. Space not Only for the Living: Burials and Human Bones in Bronze and Iron Ages Settlements in Poland with a Case Study of Bruszczewo, , 111-138. doi:10.30819/mbgaeu.b45.7
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Abstract
The article focuses on the human remains from the
Bronze Age site in Bruszczewo. The large scale excavations
enabled a good overview about the human
bone distribution on this site. The material is quite
heterogeneous. Beside a regular burial a lot of bone
fragments are known from the terrace as well from the
wet area. A large number of human bones were found
in pits and cultural layers. Of the more than 41,000
bones in total, about 146 fragments can be attributed
to humans; 97 of which have been examined in more
detail. The distribution and different contexts of them
are discussed and interpreted.
Following up on these results a comparison of the
settlement burial with other burials in the area reveals
striking differences. The burials of the princely
burial mounds in Łęki Małe, for instance, reveal rich
grave objects and have an elaborate tomb construction.
Apparently not every individual had access to an
elaborate burial. The numerous scattered bones in the
settlement testify to the fact that not even all individuals
(or only not all males?) were entitled to a burial.
There are two other alternatives for the separate bones,
a lot of which were found in the area or within the
wattle-work fence. They could be seen either as graves
destroyed by a flood and washed into the site, or as
deceased people who could no longer be buried, for
example after a battle or epidemic. Although the number
of sex-determined individuals with six skeletons
is very small, since they are all men, this would speak
more for warlike activities. Further 14C-dating could
provide clarification here.
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