Histria. Nouvelles données sur la nécropole tumulaire
Histria. New data on the tumulus necropolis

Summary/Abstract: The partial results of the GIS application developed for the archaeological site Histria are presented as introduction. The application comprises also a spatial data base of the tumular necropolis that is surrounding the area around the Greek and Roman site. A complete excavation report (2015) concerning one of the tumuli, named N-1-413, is also presented. This tumulus was situated in the center of the northern area of the Histrian tumular necropolis and the excavation of this mound is presented in extenso. The determined type of cremation is bustum, very spread at this time (2nd – 3rd c. AD) in Dobroudja, and the material discovered is typical for the tumuli with the same dating as those excavated in Histria and in the whole region.

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