The necropolises of “Cherna–Sihleanu” type: are they biritual and what in fact does biritualism mean?
The paper reviews a group of five Early Medieval necropolises on the territories of modern-day Northeast Bulgaria and Southeast Romania, which demonstrate some intriguing features. Although the predominant burial rite is cremation, in some rare cases, when the deceased is a child, the remains are o...
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The paper reviews a group of five Early Medieval necropolises on the territories of modern-day Northeast Bulgaria and Southeast Romania, which demonstrate some intriguing features. Although the predominant burial rite is cremation, in some rare cases, when the deceased is a child, the remains are only inhumated, without incineration. A definition of site-type is attempted based on the evidence from the “Cherna–Sihleanu” necropolises and the five sites are distinguished from other synchronous biritual cemeteries in the area. The analysis of the burial ritual in those sites, as well as other biritual cemeteries poses the questions what does biritualism mean in general, when should a certain necropolis be defined as biritual and what kinds of biritualism are to be observed in the archaeological record. Some assumptions are made about the factors and conditions leading to the situation we see in the “Cherna–Sihleanu” group and examples are given of analogous sites, where an “atypical” biritualism is documented.
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| spelling | doaj-art-b952daee273f4faca3281b691d8b1e482025-02-10T01:52:38ZbulAssociation of Bulgarian ArchaeologistsБългарско е-Списание за Археология1314-50882022-06-01121The necropolises of “Cherna–Sihleanu” type: are they biritual and what in fact does biritualism mean?Vladimir Staykov0Department of Medieval Archaeology, National Archaeological Institute with Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2 Saborna Str., 1000 Sofia The paper reviews a group of five Early Medieval necropolises on the territories of modern-day Northeast Bulgaria and Southeast Romania, which demonstrate some intriguing features. Although the predominant burial rite is cremation, in some rare cases, when the deceased is a child, the remains are only inhumated, without incineration. A definition of site-type is attempted based on the evidence from the “Cherna–Sihleanu” necropolises and the five sites are distinguished from other synchronous biritual cemeteries in the area. The analysis of the burial ritual in those sites, as well as other biritual cemeteries poses the questions what does biritualism mean in general, when should a certain necropolis be defined as biritual and what kinds of biritualism are to be observed in the archaeological record. Some assumptions are made about the factors and conditions leading to the situation we see in the “Cherna–Sihleanu” group and examples are given of analogous sites, where an “atypical” biritualism is documented. https://be-ja.org/index.php/journal/article/view/265Early Middle Agenecropolisesbiritualismchildren burialsinhumationcremation |
| spellingShingle | Vladimir Staykov The necropolises of “Cherna–Sihleanu” type: are they biritual and what in fact does biritualism mean? Българско е-Списание за Археология Early Middle Age necropolises biritualism children burials inhumation cremation |
| title | The necropolises of “Cherna–Sihleanu” type: are they biritual and what in fact does biritualism mean? |
| title_full | The necropolises of “Cherna–Sihleanu” type: are they biritual and what in fact does biritualism mean? |
| title_fullStr | The necropolises of “Cherna–Sihleanu” type: are they biritual and what in fact does biritualism mean? |
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| title_short | The necropolises of “Cherna–Sihleanu” type: are they biritual and what in fact does biritualism mean? |
| title_sort | necropolises of cherna sihleanu type are they biritual and what in fact does biritualism mean |
| topic | Early Middle Age necropolises biritualism children burials inhumation cremation |
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