Beskrivning
This presentation aims to explore a well-defined region of northern Muntenia, located between the Prahova and Buzău rivers, as a space of interactions between the lowlands and the uplands, the steppe and the mountains. The circulation of people, artefacts and ideas between the intra- and extra-Carpathian regions through the easily accessible passes of the Curvature Carpathians in the last third of the 4th millennium BC and the beginning of the 3rd millennium BC resulted in a particular archaeological record in this area. Intriguing mortuary practices unseen before emerge, burial mounds underneath which single or multiple individuals are laid inside the grave pits, sometime in successive phases, equipped with lavish grave goods consisting of pottery, weapons made of stone or copper, and ornaments made of silver, copper, bone, and shell. At the beginning of the 3rd millennium BC these graves vanish, leaving room to graves displaying Yamnaya mortuary practices. Although less obvious, a Transylvanian connection persists during the first half of the 3rd millennium BC. In this presentation, I will take the mortuary record of flat and mound graves in northern Muntenia as a starting point for analysing the intersection of influences with origins especially in the Carpathian Basin, but also the Lower Danube and the North-Pontic steppe.| Period | 15 mars 2023 → 18 maj 2023 |
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| Evenemangstitel | Kiel Conference: Scales of Social, Environmental & Cultural Change in Past Societies |
| Typ av evenemang | Konferens |
| Plats | Kiel, TysklandVisa på karta |
| Omfattning | Internationell |