New Data on the Eneolithic Cemetery from Sultana-Malu Roşu (Călăraşi county, Romania) Cover Image

New Data on the Eneolithic Cemetery from Sultana-Malu Roşu (Călăraşi county, Romania)
New Data on the Eneolithic Cemetery from Sultana-Malu Roşu (Călăraşi county, Romania)

Author(s): Radian Andreescu, Ignat Theodor, Monica Mărgărit, Adrian Bălăşescu, Cătălin Lazăr, Mihai Florea
Subject(s): Archaeology
Published by: Editura Cetatea de Scaun
Keywords: Eneolithic; cemetery; burials; Spondylus; funerary offerings; „re-interment”

Summary/Abstract: The Eneolithic cemetery is located near the Sultana-Malu Roşu Eneolithic tell, ca. 400 m northeast of the Sultana village, commune of Mânăstirea, in Călăraşi county, southeast Romania. This is a settlement from the second half of the fifth millennium BC (Kodjadermen-Gumelniţa-Karanovo VI complex). Between 2008-2009 we found 17 inhumations graves. The graves contained human skeletons in crouched (fetal) position, laying on the left side and oriented generally eastward. Funerary inventory was found in only a few of the graves. The cemetery area also yielded two pits (C6/2007 and C1/2009) from the same period. These complexes contained ceramic fragments, animal bones, shells etc. and reflected probably some commemorating ceremonies or some stages of the funeral ceremony. The burials from the Sultana-Malu Roşu cemetery and the elements of funerary treatment identified here bear similarities with the standard mortuary practices of the Kodjadermen-Gumelniţa-Karanovo VI complex.

  • Issue Year: 2009
  • Issue No: 6
  • Page Range: 165-199
  • Page Count: 34
  • Language: English