Eneolitický kostrový pohřební ritus na Moravě ve světle radiokarbonového datování / The Eneolithic inhumation burial rite in Moravia in light of radiocarbon dating

Abstract

The article addresses the chronology of Eneolithic inhumation burials in Moravia based on radiocarbon dating. A total of 17 individuals were dated using 20 radiocarbon dates, primarily individuals without grave goods or individuals from problematic contexts. The study mainly covers the period of the Early Eneolithic, to a lesser extent the Middle and Late Eneolithic. The find contexts and anthropological assessments are newly published for most of the burials in question. Based on the chronological analysis of graves dated by radiocarbon dating, it is possible to approximately define the time dispersion of individual burial methods in Moravia. Flat graves with individuals in a stretched position without grave goods can be most reliably dated to about 3800–3600 BC.

Health status of inhabitants from the period of the Funnel-beaker Culture from Modřice (Brno-Country District, Czechia)

“…In the territory of Moravia (Czechia), a number of archaeological sites with this culture are still known (Šmíd 2017), but there are not many necropolises with skeletal remains, and the retrieved osteological collections only include the skeletons of a small number of individuals (e.g. Drozdová 2011;Trampota et al 2021). When studying small osteological collections, attention was mostly focused on standard anthropological analysis, or only interesting case studies were recorded and described (e.g.…”