Middle Bronze Age societies and barrow line chronology. A case study from the Bukivna ‘necropolis’, Upper Dniester Basin, Ukraine

Makarowicz, Przemysław; Goslar, Tomasz; Niebieszczański, Jakub; Cwaliński, Mateusz; Kochkin, Igor T.; Romaniszyn, Jan; Lysenko, Sergiy D.; Ważny, Tomasz

doi:10.1016/j.jas.2018.04.010

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“…The two sites selected for this research belong to the most representative Komar ow culture cemeteries in the Upper Dniester Basin. Both underwent excavations before the Second World War (Bryk, 1932;Pasternak, 1937;Rogozi nska, 1959;Siwk owna, 1937;Sulimirski, 1968) and were also the subject of modern non-invasive surveys, excavations and other analytical procedures (e.g., Hildebrandt-Radke et al, 2019;Makarowicz et al, 2017Makarowicz et al, , 2018Makarowicz et al, , 2016aMakarowicz et al, , 2016bMakarowicz et al, , 2016cMakarowicz et al, , 2021Makarowicz et al, , 2019. Double barrows were documented on both cemeteries.…”

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“…The latter are usually oriented accordingly to the structural axes of the loess hills (Makarowicz et al, 2019). One of the groups (I) was recently subject to an intensive archaeological research (Hildebrandt-Radke et al, 2019;Makarowicz et al, 2016aMakarowicz et al, , 2018Makarowicz et al, , 2019. The study composed of field-walking surveys and geophysical prospection of all the groups, followed by the excavations of six monuments (BUK001, BUK002, BUK003, BUK006, BUK007 and BUK101), as well as lithological and geochemical study of the barrow formation processes and extensive drilling to recognize the sedimentary environments in the area.…”

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Middle Bronze Age cemeteries, ‘double barrows’ and mortuary houses in the Upper Dniester Basin, Western Ukraine: Geophysical prospection and archaeological verification

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This article discusses two cases of so-called double barrows from the Middle Bronze Age Komar ow culture cemetery in Bukivna, in the Upper Dniester Basin (Ukraine), in order to demonstrate the potential of incorporating geophysical image analysis, excavations and sedimentological studies towards identifying subterranean funerary architecture. The magnetometer prospection of the Bukivna necropolis revealed the presence of a specific dipolar anomaly within the extent of a double barrow. The excavations uncovered burnt wooden-clay constructions related to mortuary houses.The sedimentological samples collected from the features below the mound provided data for the increased ferrous content. Another double barrow located in the Pidhoroddia cemetery was prospected by means of magnetometry, which did not reveal any similar anomaly within the magnetometry plan, thus providing evidence for a possible lack of discussed mortuary structure.

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Middle Bronze Age cemeteries, ‘double barrows’ and mortuary houses in the Upper Dniester Basin, Western Ukraine: Geophysical prospection and archaeological verification

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“…It was simultaneously observed among barrow and "flat" cemeteries with no major chronological differences between cremated (in situ cremation in mortuary houses found inside barrows) and inhumation burials (cf. Makarowicz 2010a; Makarowicz et al 2018).…”

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“…The 14 C samples were extracted from long bones or skulls. In the case of the sites Bukivna and Gnieszowice, all sampled bones were cremated in situ, due to the burning down of the wooden so-called mortuary houses during the burial event (Makarowicz et al 2018).…”

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The Absolute Chronology of Collective Burials From the 2nd Millennium Bc in East Central Europe

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This article discusses the absolute chronology of collective burials of the Trzciniec Cultural Circle communities of the Middle Bronze Age in East Central Europe. Based on Bayesian modeling of 91 accelerator mass spectrometry radiocarbon (AMS 14C) dates from 18 cemeteries, the practice of collective burying of individuals was linked to a period of 400–640 (95.4%) years, between 1830–1690 (95.4%) and 1320–1160 (95.4%) BC. Collective burials in mounds with both cremation and inhumation rites were found earliest in the upland zone regardless of grave structure type (mounded or flat). Bayesian modeling of 14C determinations suggests that this practice was being transmitted generally from the southeast to the northwest direction. Bayesian modeling of the dates from the largest cemetery in Żerniki Górne, Lesser Poland Upland, confirmed the duration of use of the necropolis as ca. 140–310 (95.4%) years. Further results show the partial contemporaneity of burials and allow formulation of a spatial and temporal development model of the necropolis. Based on the investigation, some graves were used over just a couple of years and others over nearly 200, with up to 30 individuals found in a single grave.

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SURVEY, DRILL AND EXCAVATE. Complex geoarchaeological prospection of Bronze Age mounds as a key for understanding undermound architecture. A case study from Myluvannia, Western Ukraine

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In the area of Western Ukraine, some aspects of mound (barrow) chronology might be resolved by using non-or minimally invasive archaeological prospection. As the cemeteries usually comprise two temporal units-the Late Neolithic Corded Ware Culture (third millennium BC) and Middle Bronze Age Komar ow culture (second millennium BC)-by referring to particular funerary rites Komar ow culture and their magnetic reflection, they can be distinguished by means of magnetometry survey supported with verification drilling. Recognition of the internal structure of the cemeteries is essential when confronted with their vast occurrence in Western Ukraine and also the morphological similarity of mounds. However, due to the great diversity in known grave architecture of the Komar ow culture, it is essential to stress that the methodological approach presented here applies only to the specific construction type of burnt wooden and clay structures, which rarely appear in Corded Ware Culture funerary practices. In addition to excavation, the applied methods provided preliminary information on the cultural affiliation and time of the construction of two mounds in Myluvannia in the pre-excavation stage of research.

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Middle Bronze Age societies and barrow line chronology. A case study from the Bukivna ‘necropolis’, Upper Dniester Basin, Ukraine

Cited by 14 publications

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Middle Bronze Age cemeteries, ‘double barrows’ and mortuary houses in the Upper Dniester Basin, Western Ukraine: Geophysical prospection and archaeological verification

Middle Bronze Age cemeteries, ‘double barrows’ and mortuary houses in the Upper Dniester Basin, Western Ukraine: Geophysical prospection and archaeological verification

The Absolute Chronology of Collective Burials From the 2nd Millennium Bc in East Central Europe

SURVEY, DRILL AND EXCAVATE. Complex geoarchaeological prospection of Bronze Age mounds as a key for understanding undermound architecture. A case study from Myluvannia, Western Ukraine

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