Frühawarenzeitliche Bestattungßitten im Gebiet der Großen Ungarischen Tiefebene östlich der Theiß. Archäologische Angaben und Bemerkungen zur Geschichte der Region im 6. und 7. Jahrhundert

The study discusses and presents the archaeological phenomena of burial practices observed in the graves of the Early Avar Age cemetery of Szegvar-Oromdűlő. Besides orientation, these are the three types of differently formed graves, the stumped variant of fractional animal burials, the spatial separation of the deceased and the accompanying animal remains, and the custom of interring pottery and bone-in meat (lamb rump bone) into graves. It analyses these important but so far not thoroughly exploited groups of sources in regard of the 6th–7th century burials of a larger geographical unit, the Trans-Tisa (Tiszantul) region, since the population of this region can be better characterized by their funerary practices than their tangible cultural heritage. In addition, it refers to the presence or absence of these characteristics in the burials of a smaller area within the investigated region — the territory bordered by the Koros, Tisza and Maros Rivers — dating to the second half of the Avar Age, and through...