Feature
Obj. 14 Grave Unmarked grave. Orientation: S–N. Length: 195 cm, Width: 80 cm. The grave had a rectangular shape with rounded off corners, the grave patch was clearly discernible on the pared surface. The burial was plundered, yet the patch of the robbers’ pit was not visible. It can be ascertained, that it did not intersect the sidewalls of the grave. Only a single bone fragment was recovered from the northern part of the sepulchre. It was recorded in field documentation as „an empty grave”. The grave partially intersected Early Iron age burial Nr. 15 (the latter was not recorded in the present database due to lack of data). No grave goods were recovered from it. Feature based Roman Age
Obj. 16 Grave Unmarked grave. Orientation: N–S. Length: 221.5 cm, Width: 69 cm. The grave had a rectangular shape, its nothern corners and its entire southern side were rounded off. The grave patch was clearly discernible on the pared surface. The burial was plundered and disordered, yet the grave robbers’ pit did not transcend grave outlines. Crushed skull fragments and other smaller bone pieces were recovered from the southern part of the grave, right next to the grave floor, in secondary position. The sepulchre was recorded in field documentation as „an empty grave”. No grave goods were recovered from it. Feature based Roman Age
Obj. 17 Grave Unmarked grave. Orientation: N–S. Length: 196 cm, Width: 65 cm. The grave had a rectangular shape with rounded off corners. The burial was plundered, only the fragmented longbones of the left arm were found in their original setting. Field documentation recorded it as „an empty grave”. Grave goods: 1. a bronze needle was found next to the left arm (lost). Feature based Roman Age
Obj. 20 Grave Unmarked grave. Orientation: S–N. Length: 179 cm, Width: 49 cm. The grave had a rectangular shape with rounded off corners. The burial was undisturbed. The adult male deceased was interred in extended supine position. The skull was crushed, some of the breastbones and the bones of the hands and feet have been destroyed. Finds: 1. an iron knife was found near the left hand (lost), 2. fragments of an iron fibula with a rear twisted foot were found near the right hand (3 pc). Feature based Roman Age
Obj. 21 Grave Unmarked grave. Orientation: N–S. Length: 200 cm, Width: 70 cm. The corners on the southern, shorter side of the grave were rounded off, its northern side is slightly irregular. The burial was plundered and robbed, yet grave robbers did not transcend grave outlines. Only a jawbone fragment survived of the skeleton, which was recovered from the southernmost third of the sepulchre, near the eastern, longer sidewall. Grave finds: 1. a firestone was found next to the jawbone. Feature based Roman Age
Obj. 24 Grave Unmarked grave. Orientation: N–S. Length: 189 cm, Width: 50–55 cm. A 65 cm long section of the robbers’ pit was visible on one of the longer sidewalls of the sepulchre. It transcended grave outlines by 20 cm (since there is no orientation on the simple grave drawing, it cannot be discerned, whether the robbers’ pit was delved onto the grave from the west or from the east). Neither bones nor grave goods were recovered. Feature based Roman Age
Obj. 25 Grave Unmarked grave. Orientation: N–S. Length: 167 cm, Width: 47–50 cm. The grave had a rectangular shape, the corners on one shorter side were rounded off, the other shorter side was curved. The burial was plundered. be discerned, whether the robbers’ pit was delved onto the grave from the west or from the east). Neither bones nor grave goods were recovered. Feature based Roman Age
Obj. 30 Grave Unmarked grave. Orientation: N–S. Length: 165 cm, Width: 58–60 cm. The grave had a rectangular shape with rounded off corners. It was plundered and robbed. The robbers’ pit did not breach the sidewalls of the grave, yet was delved into the grave floor at two places, resulting in two irregular shaped pits in the southern and northern parts of the grave. A few fragmented human bones were recovered from these pits. No grave goods were collected. Feature based Roman Age
Obj. 38 Grave Unmarked grave. Orientation: N–S. Length: 170 cm, Width: 50 cm (at the southern part) and 38 cm (at the northern part). The southern, shorter side of the grave was rounded off. The opposite, northern side was semicircular. The burial was plundered and robbed. The robbers’ pit did not intersect grave sidewalls. A few minuscule bone shards were recovered from an area 15 cm large in diameter from the middle of the grave. No grave goods were recovered. Feature based Roman Age
Obj. 44 Grave Unmarked grave. Orientation: N–S. Length. 180 cm, Width: 65 cm (at its southern part) and 70 cm (at its northern part). The corners on the shorter, southern side of the grave were rounded off. The northern side was curved. The burial was plundered and robbed. The robbers’ pit did not transcend grave sidewalls. The bones of the adult deceased were piled together in the middle of the grave, in a 102×40 cm large area. No grave goods were collected. Feature based Roman Age
Obj. 1 Grave Unmarked grave. Orientation: N–S. The grave was 240 cm long, it was 90 cm at its widest (publishing authors calculated the dimensions of graves based on grave drawings attached to the documentation as neither their relative nor absolute depths were recorded. Degree based orientation precision is also unavailable). The grave had an irregular oval shape. It was disordered and robbed. Only a few bone shards survived of the adult female skeleton, which were observed in secondary position. The only indication on the age of the deceased comes from the dimensions of the sepulchre. The grave drawing depicts the grave as empty. Finds: 1. Beads scattered around in the grave fill (1 polyhedric green glass one, 3 polyhedric red glass ones, 1 disc shaped amber one, 1 hexagonal based prismatic coral one, 1 polyhedric purple glass one, 1 large polyhedric green glass one, 1 globular white glass one, 1 flattened globular green glass one, 1 hexagonal based prismatic transparent glass ones, 1 cylindric white glass ones and 1 collared white glass one). Feature based Roman Age
Obj. 2 Grave Unmarked grave. Orientation: S–N, width (on the northern part of the grave): 90 cm. The grave had a rectangular shape, the headward part was disordered by an earthmover, dislodging the skull. The deceased lay in extended supine position. A fragment of the right forearm bone, the longbones of the legs and the bones of the feet were found in their original position. The skeletal remains were poorly preserved. Finds: 1. a bronze belt end fitting was found outside the left thighbone, complete with the rivets used for fastening it onto the belt. The rivets have hemispheric heads. The edges of the fitting are beveled. Its shorter ends are adorned with incised motifs, 2. a damaged and incomplete wheel-thrown, foxy-coloured, single-handled pitcher was found between the left foot and the sidewall of the grave. Smoothing caused horizontal stripes on its outer surface. Feature based Roman Age
Obj. 5 Grave Unmarked grave. Its orientation cannot be determined. It is 170 cm long and 40–55 cm wide. The grave is irregular rectangular, one end is slightly narrower. The burial was plundered and robbed. Barely and bones remained in the sepulchre, most of these lay piled together in the wider end of the grave. The few remaining bone shards and surviving grave goods were found scattered in the middle of the grave. Finds: 1. fragments of an iron brooch were found at the middle of the grave (3 pc), 2. beads were recovered from the same region (2 biconical gentian blue glass ones and 2 biconical white glass ones), 3. a bent bronze wire fragment was recovered from the same region. Feature based Roman Age
Obj. 7 Grave Unmarked grave. Description did not record its orientation (?)). Length: 175 cm, width: 68 cm. The grave had a slightly irregular shape with rounded off corners. The 110 cm long skeleton of a young girl was found in extended supine position, with shoulders sligthly drawn up. The left thighbone was thinner. Finds: 1. beads near the left hand (1 disc shaped blue glass one [lost], 1 disc shaped yellow glass one [lost], 2 biconical glass ones [lost] and 2 teated red glass ones). Feature based Roman Age
Obj. 51 Grave Unmarked grave. Orientation: N–S axis. Axial length: 200 cm, Width: 60 cm (at the southern part) and 53 cm (at the northern part). The grave had a rectangular shape with rounded off corners. The burial was plundered and robbed. The robbers’ pit did not breach grave sidewalls. Nothing survived of the female skeleton. Fragmented pieces of the skull lay in the SE corner of the grave. The description noted the presence of other items in the northern half of the grave, but the text terminated in the publication at this point. Grave goods: 1. beads (lost). Feature based Roman Age
Obj. 50 Grave Unmarked grave. Orientation: N–S axis. Axial length: 190 cm, Width: 52 cm (at the southern part) and 48 cm (at the northern part). The grave had a rectangular shape with rounded off corners. The burial was plundered and robbed. The robbers’ pit did not breach grave sidewalls. Skull fragments were found in the SE corner of the grave. The two thighbones lay across each other in the northern half of the grave. The two calfbones were north of the thighbones, all in secondary position. No grave goods were collected. Feature based Roman Age
Obj. 48 Grave Unmarked grave. Its dimensions are unknown. The burial was thoroughly plundered, only longbone fragments were found within. It was recorded in the documentation as „an empty grave”, no grave drawing was made. No grave goods were recovered. Feature based Roman Age
Obj. 8 Grave Unmarked grave. Length: 215 cm (calculated from the grave drawing), width: 58 cm. The grave had a narrow rectangular shape with rounded off corners. During a weekend, when archaeological excavation was paused, the grave had been plundered, thus it could not be determined, whether it was robbed or not. The adult female skeleton was interred in extended supine position. Only bones beneath the waistline survived, they were preserved mediocre. Finds: 1. beads scattered around the skeleton (3 polyhedric gentian blue glass ones, 18 polyhedric dark red glass ones, 24 teated green glass ones, 18 flattened globular green glass ones, 1 flattened globular white glass one, 1 polyhedric red glass one, 2 barrel-shaped white glass ones, 17 prismatic orange glass ones, 1 prismatic reddish glass one, 12 flattened globular red and green glass ones and further fragmented glass ones), 2. a pottery vessel was found between the left foot and the shorter sidewall of the grave (lost). Feature based Roman Age
Obj. 9 Grave Unmarked grave. Length: 212 cm, width: 61 cm. The grave had a rectangular shape with rounded off corners. The adult skeleton was interred along the longer midline of the grave, in extended supine position. The bones were poorly preserved. The measured length of the skeleton was 164 cm. The grave was undisturbed, yet only traces of the poorly preserved and incomplete bones were discernible. Finds: 1. fragment of a bronze knee fibula on the right collarbone, 2. a fragmented, hand-thrown, biconical, dark grey pottery vessel was found between the bones of the feet. The vessel has a coarse material. Finger imprints are visible on the rim. Feature based Roman Age
Obj. 10 Grave Unmarked grave. Orientation: S–N. Length: 108 cm, Width: 90 cm. The grave had a rectangular shape with rounded off corners. The length of the young girl’s skeleton was 116 cm. Bones were poorly preserved, the skull was crushed, the bones of the hands and feet were mostly destroyed. The child was interred in extended supine position. The left hand rested atop the pelvis, gently bent at the elbow. Finds: 1. fragment of a reddih flint blade was found in the neck area, 2. a spindle whorl was found at the left hand (lost), 3. fragments from an iron brooch with a rear twisted foot, 4. a single, flattened globular, costate, pale green faience bead, 5. a single cylindric white glass bead, 6. an iron needle was recovered from the grave fill near the end of the feet (lost), 7. a hand-thrown, greyish brown, single-handled cup was found near the bones of the left foot. The vessel was deformed before firing and originated from the Early Iron Age. Feature based Roman Age
Obj. 11 Grave Unmarked grave. Orientation: N–S. Length: 180 cm, Width: 75 cm. The rectangular grave patch with rounded off corners was clearly discernible. The burial was thoroughly plundered, no bones were observed in it. The patch of the robbers’ pit was not visible, yet it can be concluded, that it did not overlap the sidewalls of the grave. The field documentation recorded the feature as an „empty grave”, yet the inventory contains archaeological material recorded to this grave. Grave goods were recovered from different parts of the grave fill. Finds: 1. a damaged fragments from either belt end fitting or chape with rivets used for fastening (2 pc), 2. bent fragment of a bronze plate, 3. beads (1 cuboid green glass one, 1 biconical purple glass one and 2 polyhedric purple glass ones). Feature based Roman Age
Obj. 12 Grave Unmarked grave. Orientation: N–S axis. The grave patch was clearly discernible. The burial was thoroughly plundered, no bones were recovered from it. It was recorded in field documentation as „an empty grave”, no grave drawing was made. No grave goods were recovered from it. Feature based Roman Age
Obj. 13 Grave Unmarked grave. Orientation: N–S axis. The grave patch was clearly discernible. The burial was thoroughly plundered, no bones were recovered from it. It was recorded in field documentation as „an empty grave”, no grave drawing was made. No grave goods were recovered from it. Feature based Roman Age
Obj. 18 Grave Unmarked grave. Orientation: N–S axis. The burial was thoroughly plundered, neither bones, nor grave goods were recovered from it. Field documentation recorded it as „an empty grave”. No grave goods were collected. Feature based Roman Age
Obj. 19 Grave Unmarked grave. Orientation: N–S axis. The burial was thoroughly plundered, neither bones, nor grave goods were recovered from it. Field documentation recorded it as „an empty grave”. No grave goods were collected. Feature based Roman Age
Obj. 22 Grave Unmarked grave. Orientation: S–N. The grave was delved into the topsoil and did not intersect the subsoil strata. The discoloration of grave outlines was slightly irregular: it was mostly rectangular, the corners of its southern, shorter side were rounded off, the northern side curved unevenly. As the excavation progressed downwards, a more regular pit with rounded off corners became discernible. The axial length of the grave was 165 cm. It was 42 cm wide and the head and 43 cm wide at the feet. Within this patch, the grave had a rectangular pit with rounded off corners, its axial length was 160 cm, its southern width is 35 cm, its northern width is 30 cm. Bones were preserved quite poor, the skull was crushed and only minuscule shards remained of the breastbones. The bones of the left shin were also fragmented. The rest of the bones have weathered away. The length of the young girl’s skeleton was approximately 96 cm. Finds: 1. fragment of a monopartite bronze fibula with a sideways twisted foot was found at the skull, 2. beads were recovered from the same region (they cannot be distinguished from the ones recovered from the foot area), 3. a spun „copper” plate was found in the chest area (lost), 4. a finger-ring was found in the chest area, 5. beads from the embroidery adorning the bottom hem of the dress were found at the end of the feet (111 flattened globular green glass ones, 12 flattened globular white glass ones, 11 flattened globular black glass ones, 5 flattened globular dark blue glass ones, 10 flattened globular light blue glass ones, 23 flattened globular purple glass ones, 64 flattened globular red coated, green based glas ones, 17 flattened globular orange glass ones, 1 disc shaped amber one, 1 flattened globular white glass one, 1 hexagonal based prismatic burgundy glass one, 1 hexagonal based prismatic green glass one, 2 teated purple glass ones, 2 teated black glass ones, 1 drop shaped light blue glass one, 2 cylindric white glass ones with irised purple stripes), 6. a grapelike phaiance pendant was found between the left shin and the sidewall of the grave. Feature based Roman Age
Obj. 23 Grave Unmarked grave. Axial orientation: N–S. Length: 178 cm, Width: 57 cm. The grave had a rectangular shape with rounded off corners, the grave patch was clearly discernible. Excavation revealed, that the burial was plundered and robbed. Nothing remained of the skeleton. Grave goods imply the deceased was female. The robbers’ pit did not intersect grave outlines. Grave goods (grave drawing did not record the location of finds): 1. beads (3 flattened globular white glass ones, 2 barrel shaped red glass ones, 1 teated blue glass one, 3 prismatic orange glass one,s 1 hexagonal based prismatic green glass ones and 6 teated green glass ones). Feature based Roman Age
Obj. 26 Grave The grave was encircled by a ditch. Axial orientation: N–S. Length: 220 cm, Width: 72 cm. The burial was plundered and ravaged, yet the grave pit did not disturb any sidewalls. The bones have crumbled completely, the anthropological sex of the deceased was determined through grave goods. For data on the enclosure, see Feature Nr. 54. Grave goods: 1. an incomplete bronze disc fibula with an enamel inlay was recovered from the SW end of the grave, 2. beads were collected from the same area (2 prismatic yellow glass ones and 1 prismatic red glass one). Feature based Roman Age
Obj. 54 Ditch The enclosure that encircled Sarmatian era grave Nr. 26. Diameter: 12 m, Width: 63–65 cm, Depth: 25–27 cm. The sidewalls of the ditch were steep, its bottom was flat. It had a bolar fill, full of black burnth grains and occasional yellow clay strips (the description of the enclosure in the publication was made based on the archaeological section drawing). No finds were recovered from it. Feature based Roman Age
Obj. 28 Grave Unmarked grave. Orientation: S–N. Length: 198 cm, Width 55 cm (at the southern end) and 48 cm (at the northern end). The southern corners of the grave were rounded off, the northern side was irregularly curved. The burial was plundered and robbed. The skull lay approximately in its original position. Apart from the skull, only a few bone shards were recovered. No patch of the robbers’ pit was discernible, yet it did not intersect the sidewalls of the grave. Scattered bone fragments imply that the grave was robbed long after the funeral. The bones belonged to an adult female. Grave goods: 1. a flattened globular, grey spindle whorl was recovered from the area corresponding to the chest, 2. fragment of a wheel-thrown, pale foxy-coloured, thin-walled pottery vessel was recovered from the area where once the feet lay. Feature based Roman Age
Obj. 39 Grave Unmarked grave. The burial was completely plundered. No grave drawing was made during excavation. Grave goods: 1. a flint was recovered from the grave fill. Feature based Roman Age
Obj. 40 Grave Unmarked grave. The burial was thoroughly robbed, only bone shards were recovered from it. No grave drawing was made. No grave goods were collected. Feature based Roman Age
Obj. 41 Grave Unmarked grave. The burial was thoroughly robbed, only bone shards were recovered from it. No grave drawing was made. No grave goods were collected. Feature based Roman Age
Obj. 43 Grave Unmarked grave. The burial was thoroughly plundered. Documentation recorded it as „an empty grave”, no grave drawing was made. No grave goods were recovered. Feature based Roman Age
Obj. 45 Grave Unmarked grave. The burial was thoroughly plundered. It was recorded in the documentation as „an empty grave” and no grave drawing was made. No grave goods were recovered. Feature based Roman Age
Obj. 42 Grave Unmarked grave. Orientation: S–N. Axial length: 185 cm, Width: 45 cm. The grave had a rectangular shape, the shorter southern side was rounded off. The northern corners were also rounded off. The adult female skeleton was found in extended supine position. Its length was approximately 135 cm. Bones were quite poorly preserved. The fragments skull, a few vertebrae and ribs, the longbones of the right leg and the calfbones of the left shin were the only bones found in their original setting. The left thighbone was recovered from the place of the left overarm. Some of the forearm bones were found at the pelvic region. The bones of the hands and feet were missing. The shins lay close by each other. The grave was robbed. The robbers’ pit did not intersect the sidewalls of the grave. Grave goods: 1. a secondarily reused yellow flint blade was recovered from the grave fill, 2. beads from the embroidery adorning the bottom hem of the attire were found around the shins (2 cylindric red glass ones, 10 flattened globular white glass ones, 6 cylindric green glass ones and 5 flattened globular green glass ones). Feature based Roman Age
Obj. 46 Grave Unmarked grave. Orientation: N–S. Axial length: 190 cm, Width: 70 cm (at the southern part) and 60 cm (at the northern part). The grave had a rectangular shape with rounded off corners. The burial was plundered and robbed. The robbers’ pit did not intersect the sidewalls of the grave. Several burnt, red patches were visible in the southern half of the grave. Grave goods: 1. a highly corroded fragment of an iron knife with a straight blade, an arched spine and a middle positioned haft was found towards the middle of the eastern sidewall. Feature based Roman Age
Obj. 47 Grave Unmarked grave. It was thoroughly plundered. The burial was recorded in the documentation as „an empty grave”, no grave drawing was made. No grave goods were recovered. Feature based Roman Age
Obj. 49 Grave Unmarked grave. Orientation: S–N. Axial length: 202 cm, Width: 65 cm. The grave had a rectangular shape with rounded off corners. The burial was plundered and robbed. The robbers’ pit did not intersect grave sidewalls, yet it was delved into the grave floor in the chest region. Only the poorly preserved skull remained in its original position. Grave goods: 1. a highly corroded iron spearhead with a rivet in its closed socket was recovered from the southern end of the grave, situated on the right side of the skeleton, 2. glass fragment (lost). Feature based Roman Age
Obj. 52 Grave Unmarked grave. Orientation: S–N. Axial length: 168 cm, Width: 55 cm (at the southern part) and 50 cm (at the northern part). The grave had a rectangular shape with rounded off corners. It was plundered and robbed. The robbers’ pit did not breach the sidewalls of the grave. The bones of the adult female skeleton were poorly preserved. Only the left calfbone was left in its original setting, the rest of the fragmented bones were found scattered in the southern third of the sepulchre. Grave goods: 1. a half torques made from a silver wire with a round cross-section was found in place of the skull. Its ends were flattened and bore through, 2. three flat, polyhedric carnelian beads at the neck region, 3. beads were found in place of the feet (1 flattened globular, gilded white glass one, 5 cylindric orange glass ones, 3 flattened globular green glass ones, 2 prismatic red glass ones, 2 globular red glass ones, 1 flattened globular green glass one with red coating). Feature based Roman Age
Obj. 53 Stray find Stray finds recovered from the area of the cemetery. Finds: 1. a fragmented, round bronze mirror with a smooth rim, 2. fragment of an iron knife with a middle positioned haft and wooden traces of the handle, 3. fragment of an iron loop with a rectangular cross-section, 4. haft fragment of an iron knife, 5. fragment of a hand-thrown, brown pottery vessel with an unfinished fabric and a black fracture surface, 6. a wheel-thrown, matte foxy-coloured, globular pottery vessel, 7. beads (46 flattened globular, red coated green glass ones, 3 disc shaped orange glass ones, 6 flattened globular burgundy glass ones, 29 flattened globular green glass ones, 11 disc shaped white glass ones, 11 flattened globular blue glass ones, 1 large, biconical blue glass one, 2 flattened globular glass ones, 1 teated red glass one, 1 flat, hexagonal based prismatic carnelian one, 1 cylindric red glass one, 1 polyhedric green glass one and 1 cylindric red glass one), 8. a wheel-thrown, yellowish foxy-coloured, conical plate (perhaps a Drag. 33 imitation), 9. a „T” shaped silver plate adorned with filigree consisted of twisted threads along its edges. Feature based Roman Age
Obj. 31 Grave Unmarked grave. It was thoroughly plundered, apart from a few bone shards, nothing remained of the skeleton. No grave drawing was made. No grave goods were recovered (the description discusses Features Nr. 31–37 under a single entry, and recorded beads originating from one of these beads, yet the beads themselves were not found in the repository). Feature based Roman Age
Obj. 32 Grave Unmarked grave. It was thoroughly plundered, apart from a few bone shards, nothing remained of the skeleton. No grave drawing was made. No grave goods were recovered (the description discusses Features Nr. 31–37 under a single entry, and recorded beads originating from one of these beads, yet the beads themselves were not found in the repository). Feature based Roman Age
Obj. 33 Grave Unmarked grave. It was thoroughly plundered, apart from a few bone shards, nothing remained of the skeleton. No grave drawing was made. No grave goods were recovered (the description discusses Features Nr. 31–37 under a single entry, and recorded beads originating from one of these beads, yet the beads themselves were not found in the repository). Feature based Roman Age
Obj. 34 Grave Unmarked grave. It was thoroughly plundered, apart from a few bone shards, nothing remained of the skeleton. No grave drawing was made. No grave goods were recovered (the description discusses Features Nr. 31–37 under a single entry, and recorded beads originating from one of these beads, yet the beads themselves were not found in the repository). Feature based Roman Age
Obj. 35 Grave Unmarked grave. It was thoroughly plundered, apart from a few bone shards, nothing remained of the skeleton. No grave drawing was made. No grave goods were recovered (the description discusses Features Nr. 31–37 under a single entry, and recorded beads originating from one of these beads, yet the beads themselves were not found in the repository). Feature based Roman Age
Obj. 36 Grave Unmarked grave. It was thoroughly plundered, apart from a few bone shards, nothing remained of the skeleton. No grave drawing was made. No grave goods were recovered (the description discusses Features Nr. 31–37 under a single entry, and recorded beads originating from one of these beads, yet the beads themselves were not found in the repository). Feature based Roman Age
Obj. 37 Grave Unmarked grave. It was thoroughly plundered, apart from a few bone shards, nothing remained of the skeleton. No grave drawing was made. No grave goods were recovered (the description discusses Features Nr. 31–37 under a single entry, and recorded beads originating from one of these beads, yet the beads themselves were not found in the repository). Feature based Roman Age