Results of the Burial No. 8 Research from the Cemetery of Kariv I in the Western Buh River Region

Keywords: Western Buh River region, Kariv-I cemetery, Roman time, Przeworsk culture, funerary rite, cremation, anthropological research.

Abstract

In 2018, during the excavations of the site Kariv-I in Western Buh River region, an area of 244 square metres was investigated. Four cremation burials were discovered (nos. 6–9). One of them (no. 8) was a double one.
The grave contained the cremated remains of a man and a woman (?). The remains of the man’s bones had been placed in an urn whilst those of the female were placed directly in the grave. The grave goods consisted of three pottery vessels, a spearhead and a knife. The urn was a large, moulded kumpf-shaped pot with a dark brown colour. It was curved towards the middle of the rim, had sharp shoulders, and a slightly widened bottom. It contained the bones of a man aged 20–30, positioned in anatomical order. Foot bone fragments were placed at the bottom of the pot, while skull fragments were placed above the contents. Within the collected human remains, which were cleared of incineration by-products, a fragment of a flint that had cracked due to high temperatures was discovered within the urn. The non-coincidence of this find is supported by the presence of a similar burnt flint nodule in the urn marked with no. 9. Burial no. 1 contained a jar-shaped pot with vertical rims and a ribbed bowl with a widened base, which had been deformed due to intense heat. These ceramics were found in the grave goods. All shew signs of having been placed on a cremated pyre.
Burial no. 2 was located in the immediate vicinity and had a pit-like shape. It was the grave of an adult female (?) of the adultus-senilis age group. Ploughing disturbed much of the site, causing the cremation remains to be scattered throughout the northern part of the tomb rather than preserved in a coherent cluster. A prismatic carnelian bead was found among the bones. It appeared to have been burnt.
Based on the rituals and equipment found, the site can be attributed to the Przeworsk culture and dated to the B2/C1 period, which corresponds to the later half of the 2nd century AD. The adjacent graves nos. 7 and 9 indicate the distinctive interment practices of this society, implying the presence of an exceptional cultural characteristic in the burial rites of Kariv-I cemetery.

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