Morminte de incineraţie din secolele II-III d. Hr. descoperite la David (jud. Neamţ, România)
Cremation graves from the 2nd-3rd centuries AD discovered at David (Neamț County, Romania)

Summary/Abstract: The archaeological survey in 1970 carried out in David, Văleni Commune, Neamț County, allowed the discovery of seven cremation graves. The two sections of the survey (marked S.I and S.II) also led to the discovery of an appreciable amount of Dacian and imported ceramics arranged at a distance from the graves, which is probably part of the settlement inventory of the community of the buried. Cremation graves had burned osteological remains deposited in urns. The urns are gray or brick-coloured wheel-worked reused vessels. Most were covered (except for Gr.7), especially with bowls. The three vessels inside urns Gr.5, Gr.6 (bowl) and Gr.7 (jug) indicate a possible offerings, solid (Gr.5, Gr.6) and liquid (Gr.7). The burial inventory is present for four urns (Gr.1, Gr.3, Gr.6, and Gr.7). Bronze brooches, earrings, and chalcedony beads are predominant. In general, the necropolis belongs to the 2nd-3rd centuries AD, but some characteristics of the pieces (the way of attaching the urn handles Gr. 2, the filigree earring in Gr.1) may indicate a narrowing of the interval only for the second half of the century 2nd AD.

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