The Mortuary Archaeology of the Medieval Banat (10th-14th Centuries)

Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-90-04-21438-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 26, 386 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 757 g

Reihe: East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450

In The Mortuary Archaeology of the Medieval Banat (10th – 14th centuries) Silviu Ota highlights the interactions between different ethnic groups as reflected in burial customs and funerary practices. The book will deal with the Banat as a whole (as opposed to the Romanian, Serbian or Hungarian parts of the region) since the modern political borders are not identical with the cultural boundaries in the Middle Ages. On a more general level, the goal of this book is to analyse the social dynamics in the region. The author rejects the idea that any of the "archaeological cultures" identified in the Banat (e.g. the Bjelo Brdo culture) may be associated with any single ethnic group.

Zielgruppe

Specialists in medieval archaeology and history and students and anyone interested in the history of South-Eastern Europe.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ota, Silviu

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Mittelalterliche, neuzeitliche Archäologie (Europa)
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte Europäische Regional- & Stadtgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Historische & Regionale Volkskunde
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Volkskunde: Sitten, Traditionen, Mythen, Legenden
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Kultureller Wandel, Kulturkontakt, Akkulturation

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements…vii
List of Illustrations…viii
List of Map Sites…xvi
Abbreviations…xx

1 Introduction: The State of Current Research on the Banat between the 10th and the 14th Century…1
2 The History of the Banat between the 10th and the 14th Century According to the Written Sources…18
3 Burial Customs in the Banat (10th–14th Centuries) …46
4 Grave Good Typology…111
5 Burial Horizons in the Medieval Banat…171
6 Conclusions…198

Select Bibliography…207
Illustrations…227
Index…366
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Über Autor(innen)

Silviu Ota, Ph.D. (2004), National Museum of History, Romania, is archaeologist at that museum. He has published many studies on medieval cemeteries, Byzantine jewelry, Turkic communities in the Banat.