New Discoveries Regarding the End of the Early Iron Age in Transylvania. The Funerary Contexts from Bacea (Hunedoara County) Cover Image

Noi descoperiri privind sfârşitul primei epoci a fierului în Transilvania. Contextele funerare de la Bacea (jud. Hunedoara)
New Discoveries Regarding the End of the Early Iron Age in Transylvania. The Funerary Contexts from Bacea (Hunedoara County)

Author(s): Cătălin Cristescu, Ioan Alexandru Bărbat
Subject(s): Archaeology
Published by: Editura Altip
Keywords: Valea Mureşului; Hallstatt D; incineration; stone ring; funerary complex

Summary/Abstract: The archaeological excavations undertaken before the building of the A1 motorway led to the discovery and research of some funerary contexts in the point Sărături near Bacea village, Ilia commune, Hunedoara County (Pl. I-II). They consist of a cremation urn grave (Pl. III) and a cremation grave in a large pit, surrounded by a stone ring (Pl. V-VI). The architecture of the features, the funerary inventory (Pl. IV, VII), as well as the composition of the assemblage allow the dating of the respective findings at the final of the Transylvanian Early Iron Age, towards the end of the 6th-first half of the 5th centuries BC. The present paper brings also in discussion old (Pl. VIII), as well as recent Ha D discoveries in south-western Transylvania (Fig. 1).

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 7
  • Page Range: 11-44
  • Page Count: 34
  • Language: English, Romanian