Publisher: Асоциация на българските археолози

Bulgarian e-Journal of Archaeology

Българско е-Списание за Археология

Frequency: 2 issues / Country: Bulgaria

The Bulgarian e-Journal of Archeology (ISSN 1314-5088) is a peer-reviewed open access online journal published by the Association of Bulgarian Archaeologists. The first issue was published in 2011, and since 2012 till now two issues per year have been issued without interruption. The ambition of its creators and the editorial board is to provide an opportunity for the archaeological community to take part and to contribute in several directions: publication of high quality, richly illustrated studies and articles, reports and reviews; introducing innovative methods of investigations; initiating discussions on problematic issues and maintaining research polemics. High-standard editorial control in the selection and preparation of publications is guaranteed by our editorial procedure – papers are peer-reviewed by specialists, well-acquainted with the discussed topics.

Tumular Necropolis of the Roman Period near Straldzha, Yambol Region

Могилен некропол от римската епоха край град Стралджа, Ямболско

Author(s): Ivo D. Cholakov,Sirma Alexandrova,Victoria Russeva,Natalia Peeva / Language(s): English,Bulgarian

Keywords: Roman period; necropolis; cremation burial; inhumation burial; tumular cemetery.

The volume presents the results of the archaeological survey of a Roman age tumular necropolis in the administrative territory of the town of Straldzha, Yambol region. The investigation was carried out as a rescue excavation due to the construction of the “Trakia” highway. Five tumuli of the necropolis have been thoroughly researched. A total of thirty one graves have been discovered, of which nineteen are cremations and twelve are inhumations. Nineteen complexes related to commemoration practices have been surveyed. There are two horse burials. Eight of the studied inhumations are secondary, and one grave is from the Bronze age and predates the necropolis. The excavation of the necropolis has revealed the skeletal remains of thirty-four individuals, and for twenty-two of them age and sex have been determined. The entire ceramic material and all small finds discovered at the site have been investigated in detail. The date of the researched necropolis near Straldzha is based on the coins found and the various objects put as grave goods. The period of its initial heaping and use is the early 2nd until the first decades of the 3rd century.