The Celtic Cemetery at Ménfőcsanak. The Excavation Before the Construction of Road No. 83 in 1993–94

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ID13145282
AuthorsAndrea Vaday (0000-0001-5347-3774, University of Pecs, corresponding author), Károly Tankó (0000-0003-0293-7959, MTA–ELTE Research Group for Interdisciplinary Archaeology, Eötvös Loránd University 4/B Múzeum krt, H-1088 Budapest, Hungary)
Year2020
Volume71
Issue2
Pages443-560
Publication date2020-11-30
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueActa Archaeologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0001-5210 • E-ISSN: 1588-2551
PublisherAkadémiai Kiadó (PUBLISHER • HU)
DOI10.1556/072.2020.00012
OpenAlexW3112314777
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited11

One of the important cemetery and settlement of the Celts lies in a plateau on the southern side of the the Öreg Rába river, in the vicinity of Győr-Ménfőcsanak. The first burials were found in 1967 during a short rescue excavation, however it made Ménfőcsanak a key La Tène site in the Carpathian Basin. Excavations investigated on a larger scale in the area of previously known cemetery in 1993–94. The burial rite of the necropolis was mainly inhumation and only two graves were cremated and two biritual graves. Celtic warriors with swords and richly furnished female with fibulae, coral, amber, and glass beads jewelry were also buried in this part of cemetery. Few graves were limited by rectangular enclosing trenches. According to find analyzing this part of the cemetery dates to the LT B period, and that is why Ménfőcsanak became an important archaeological site in terms of burials in the history of the Celtic “migrations” in the fourth century BC

Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Celtic languages · Excavation · Geography · Period (music · Rite · Settlement (finance · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · History

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