The Early and Late Roman Rural Cemetery at Nemesbőd (Vas County, Hungary)

Edited by Gábor Ilon Edited by Judit Kvassay

Book cover: The Early and Late Roman Rural Cemetery at Nemesbőd (Vas County, Hungary)

Extent: 210 pages

Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing

Subjects: Classical Studies

Series: Archaeopress Roman Archaeology

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(February 2015)

ISBN: 9781784910488

8.27 x 11.69 inches

Price: $68.00

In stock

Presents finds from thirty-seven graves at the Roman Cemetery at Nemesbod (Hungary), which consisted of mainly cremation but also of some inhumation burials. Detailed analysis of grave goods (bronze vessels, pottery, glass, personal accessories, lamps etc.) provides a study of burial customs and their evolution.


The Roman Cemetery at Nemesbod belonged to a settlement or a villa which was located on the territory of the Roman colony of Savaria (present day Szombathey, Hungary) in Pannonia. The book deals with thirty-seven graves, which consisted of mainly cremation but also of some inhumation burials. Detailed analysis of grave goods (bronze vessels, pottery, glass, personal accessories, lamps etc.) provides a study of burial customs and their evolution. In addition, specialist reports on human remains and animal bone as well as on epigraphic material are presented.

Introduction;

The Szombathely – Vát project and the excavation of the Roman cemetery at Nemesbőd (Gábor Ilon) ;

Studies on the cemeteries of Savaria and its ‘territorium’ (Endre Norbert Fülöp, András Radics) ;

The site within the landscape (András Radics) ;

The finds (András Márton, Endre Norbert Fülöp and András Radics)

Pottery

Glass vessels

Bronze vessel

Oil lamps (lucernae)

Clothing accessories

Jewellery

Writing implements

Iron knives

The box

Coins

Carved bone objects

Nails, hooks

Indeterminable bronze and iron objects The dating of the graves and related features (András Márton and Endre Norbert Fülöp) ;

Cemetery structure (András Márton and Endre Norbert Fülöp) ;

Burial customs (András Márton, Endre Norbert Fülöp and András Radics) ;

Terminology of cremation burials

Primary cremations

Secondary cremations

Terminology of inhumations

Defining the rituals of the excavated graves

Primary cremations

Secondary cremations

Inhumations

Features not identifiable as burials

Grave types

Cremation and the handling of cremated remains

Position of the corpse in the inhumations

The fill of the graves

Position of grave goods

Rites conducted on the grave goods

Custom of grave furnishing

Summary Catalogue of graves, enclosure ditches and their finds (András Márton, Endre Norbert Fülöp and András Radics) ;

Interpretation of the graffiti (Andrea Barta) ;

Roman graves at the Szombathely – Vát sector of Main Road 86: results of the anthropological analysis (Gábor Tóth) ;

Materials and methods

Nemesbőd – Irtás-dűlő

Nemesbőd – Általúton kívül-dűlő

Vép – Surányi-patak nyugati oldala Analysis of the archaeozoological material from the three sites at the Szombathely – Vát sector of Main Road 86 (Éva Ágnes Nyerges) ;

Description of the animal bone material

Assessment of the roman period animal bone material Summary (Gábor Ilon, András Márton) ;

Résumé (Gábor Ilon and András Márton)

  • Edited by Gábor Ilon
  • Edited by Judit Kvassay