OBELIŲ KAPINYNO XIV A. PABAIGOS LAUŽAVIETĖ – MIRUSIŲJŲ PALAIKŲ KREMAVIMO, GRUPINIŲ DEGINTINIŲ KAPŲ AR AUKOJIMO VIETA?
A LATE 14TH CENTURY PYRE SITE AT OBELIAI CEMETERY – A CREMATION SITE, A GROUP CREMATION BURIAL, OR A SACRIFICIAL SITE?

Summary/Abstract: In investigating phenomena of the 13th–14th-century Crusade era in the Baltic region, structures connected with the cremation of the dead and sacri.ces along with the associated .nd assemblages are one of the most important and complex sources of Lithuanian paganism. "ese structures have been reviewed in Lithuanian archaeological historiography and brie#y mentioned in summarising papers, doctoral dissertations, and various articles. But even in this sparse historiography, cremation and sacri.cial site structures have not been broadly analysed and the .nd assemblages have been presented selectively and using poor quality images. Most of the structures connected with the cremation of the dead and with sacri.ces have been discovered in Obeliai Cemetery, which was excavated during 1978–1983 by Archaeologist Vytautas Urbanavičius of the Lithuanian Institute of History. "is article seeks to determine the composition, contents, and entire .nd assemblage of a pyre site discovered in Obeliai Cemetery and to .nd the relationship between this structure’s burials and the pyre site.

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