The Second Cemetery from Sultana - Malu Roşu ? Some hypothetical considerations Cover Image

The Second Cemetery from Sultana - Malu Roşu ? Some hypothetical considerations
The Second Cemetery from Sultana - Malu Roşu ? Some hypothetical considerations

Author(s): Cătălin Lazăr
Subject(s): Archaeology
Published by: Editura Cetatea de Scaun
Keywords: Eneolithic; Gumelniţa culture; cemetery; burials.

Summary/Abstract: In the year 1974, during the research of the IVth century A.D. necropolis, in the northeastern edge of it, was discovered a Gumelniţa grave by Constantin Isăcescu. That area was 300 m south of the Sultana-Malu Roşu tell settlement, near the irrigation channel. The grave contained a skeleton in crouched position, oriented N-S, and have as inventory a polished stone chisel. In our opinion this grave may have belonged to a second cemetery from Sultana-Malu Roşu tell settlement.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 7
  • Page Range: 207-212
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: English