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  • Exploring the life story of a high-status woman from isotope data in Hungary’s largest Bronze Age cemetery bronze age cemeteries

    10/12/2021 6:38:59 AM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 1 replies
    Arkeonews ^ | 29 July 2021 | Leman Altuntaş
    Researchers examined 29 tombs from Szigetszentmiklós-Ürgehegy, one of Hungary’s largest Middle Bronze Age cemeteries...In the grave numbered 241, the cremated bones of an adult woman and two 7-8-month-old fetuses found in the urn, as well as highly prestigious items.The site is located in the northern part of Csepel Island (a few kilometers south of Budapest), and c. They are dated to 2150 and 1500 BC.People of the Vatya culture-in the early and mid-Bronze Age of Hungary used to cremate their dead. Although this often makes studying their remains challenging, researchers from the University of Bologna in Italy turned to new...