Title: The mortuary archaeology of the medieval Banat (10th-14th centuries) /
Authors: Oţa, Silviu,; Decu, Alexandra,; Gândilă, Crina,; Gândilă, Andrei,; Curta, Florin
Year: 2015
Subjects: Middle Ages; Burial Banat History; Funeral rites and ceremonies Banat History; Grave goods Banat.; Ethnoarchaeology Banat.; Social archaeology Banat.; Banat Antiquities.; Banat History.; Banat Ethnic relations.
Abstract: "In The Mortuary Archaeology of the Medieval Banat (10th–14th centuries) Silviu Oţa 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."--
Contents: Introduction: The state of current research on the Banat between the 10th and the 14th century -- The history of the Banat between the 10th and the 14th century according to the written sources -- Burial customs in the Banat (10th-14th centuries) -- Grave good typology -- Burial horizons in the medieval Banat -- Conclusions.