Published: 2021-09-03

Playing with fire – funerary rituals of the Strzyżów culture as exemplified by selected graves from the cemetery in Rogalin, Poland

Anna Hyrchała
Przegląd Archeologiczny
Section: Articles
DOI https://doi.org/10.23858/PA69.2021.1857

Abstract

The text presents newly discovered graves of Strzyżów culture from the Early Bronze Age, located at a cemetery in Rogalin, Poland. The funeral rites of Strzyżów culture are multifaceted. Most of the dead were placed in graves in supine position, equipped with vessels, tools, and ornaments – and then buried. This text, however, discusses burial rites involving the use of fire both in open burial pits and after burial, as well as subsequent practices of opening and disturbing graves. Analysis was supplemented by results of radiocarbon dating.

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Strzyżów culture, grave goods, funeral rites, the Early Bronze Age

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Hyrchała, A. (2021). Playing with fire – funerary rituals of the Strzyżów culture as exemplified by selected graves from the cemetery in Rogalin, Poland. Przegląd Archeologiczny, 69, 63–83. https://doi.org/10.23858/PA69.2021.1857

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