Overview

The Roman Cemetery at Nemesbőd belonged to a settlement or a villa which was located on the territory of the Roman colony of Savaria (present day Szombathey, Hungary) in Pannonia. The book deals with thirty-seven graves, which consisted of mainly cremation but also of some inhumation burials. Detailed analysis of grave goods (bronze vessels, pottery, glass, personal accessories, lamps etc.) provides a study of burial customs and their evolution. In addition, specialist reports on human remains and animal bone as well as on epigraphic material are presented.

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Author:   Gábor Ilon ,  Judit Kvassay
Publisher:   Archaeopress
Imprint:   Archaeopress Archaeology
Volume:   5
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 29.70cm
Weight:   0.692kg
ISBN:  

9781784910488

ISBN 10:   1784910481
Pages:   204
Publication Date:   06 February 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction; The Szombathely - Vat project and the excavation of the Roman cemetery at Nemesbod (Gabor Ilon) ; Studies on the cemeteries of Savaria and its 'territorium' (Endre Norbert Fuloep, Andras Radics) ; The site within the landscape (Andras Radics) ; The finds (Andras Marton, Endre Norbert Fuloep and Andras Radics) Pottery Glass vessels Bronze vessel Oil lamps (lucernae) Clothing accessories Jewellery Writing implements Iron knives The box Coins Carved bone objects Nails, hooks Indeterminable bronze and iron objects ; The dating of the graves and related features (Andras Marton and Endre Norbert Fuloep) ; Cemetery structure (Andras Marton and Endre Norbert Fuloep) ; Burial customs (Andras Marton, Endre Norbert Fuloep and Andras Radics) ; Terminology of cremation burials Primary cremations Secondary cremations Terminology of inhumations Defining the rituals of the excavated graves Primary cremations Secondary cremations Inhumations Features not identifiable as burials Grave types Cremation and the handling of cremated remains Position of the corpse in the inhumations The fill of the graves Position of grave goods Rites conducted on the grave goods Custom of grave furnishing Summary ; Catalogue of graves, enclosure ditches and their finds (Andras Marton, Endre Norbert Fuloep and Andras Radics) ; Interpretation of the graffiti (Andrea Barta) ; Roman graves at the Szombathely - Vat sector of Main Road 86: results of the anthropological analysis (Gabor Toth) ; Materials and methods Nemesbod - Irtas-dulo Nemesbod - Altaluton kivul-dulo Vep - Suranyi-patak nyugati oldala ; Analysis of the archaeozoological material from the three sites at the Szombathely - Vat sector of Main Road 86 (Eva Agnes Nyerges) ; Description of the animal bone material Assessment of the roman period animal bone material ; Summary (Gabor Ilon, Andras Marton) ; Resume (Gabor Ilon and Andras Marton)

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