Construcţiile şi ritualul funerar din spaţiul de la est de Prut în sec. VI-III A. Chr. – indicatori ai diferenţierii sociale sau ai funcţiei deţinute de defunct?
Funeral Constructions and the Ritual in the Area East of the Prut River in the 6th - 3rd Centuries BC – Indicators of Social Differentiation or of the Function of the Deceased During his Lifetime?

Summary/Abstract: As a result of archaeological research undertaken at several cemeteries of the 6th - 3rd centuries BC in the area east of the Prut there were found several funeral constructions, which are of interest because of their mode of arrangement. They were built both within the burial mounds and within the ground burials. And the sumptuous burial chambers were used both for inhumations and cremations. The grave goods are diverse and vary from one burial to another, being rather symbolic. Thus, following the analysis of burials of the 6th - 3rd centuries BC in the area east of the Prut it can be considered that the way of building of the sepulchral pits, the system of arrangement of the burial chambers, and the categories of grave goods indicate the level and in some cases the nature of the function performed by the deceased, but not his social status.

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