On Burial Practices in the Southern Carpathian Basin in the 11th Century BC (Case Study: Cemetery in Slatina)

Vrijeme 11. st. pr. Kr. na jugu Karpatske kotline obilježila je kultura polja sa žarama. Kasnobrončanodobno groblje u Slatini, istraženo 2009. godine, prema tipološko-kronološkoj analizi prikupljenih keramičkih i metalnih nalaza datira se u Ha A2 stupanj prema H. Müller-Karpeu. Apsolutni radiokarbonski datumi iz grobova u Slatini upućuju na vrijeme 11. st. pr. Kr. Istraženih 38 grobova nudi mogućnost rekonstrukcije pogrebnih običaja u središnjem dijelu Podravine, a geografski položaj Slatine omogućuje povezivanje dokumentiranih pogrebnih običaja sa širom komunikacijskom mrežom istovremenih istraženih groblja na širem prostoru južnog dijela Karpatske kotline.The 11th cent. BC in the southern Carpathian Basin was marked by the Urnfield culture. The typological and chronological analysis of the ceramic and metal finds collected in the Late Bronze Age cemetery in Slatina, excavated in 2009, date the cemetery to the Ha A2 phase according to the periodization of H. Müller-Karpe. Absolute radiocarbon dating from the Slatina graves suggests the period of the 11th cent. BC. The analyzed 38 graves give the opportunity to reconstruct the burial practices on the central Drava, while the geographic location of Slatina makes it possible to relate the observed burial practices with the wider communication network of the researched contemporary cemeteries in the wider area of the southern Carpathian Basin