A Hoard of ceramic vessels in a Chalcolithic necropolis near the village of Kosharna, District of Rousse

  • TITLU în română: Un depozit de vase ceramice din necropola eneolitică de lângă satul Kosharna, regiunea Ruse
  • Subiect: The Kosharna tell is known since 2006, when regular terrain observations were conducted in the region of the Slivo pole municipality. It is located in the “Kainak dere” area, 3 km to the south of the village of Kosharna, Slivo pole municipality. The mound has the shape of a truncated cone. It is located on a slope with a south-eastern exposure next to a small spring, out of which a small stream starts. The site has a size: diameter of 66 m, average height of 5 m, area of 2,7 dca. It is researched since 2007 with Dimitar Chernakov being the scientific director. Through archaeological drillings 4 construction horizons have been partially investigated so far, the materials of which belong to the Late Chalcolithic Age and the Gumelniţa culture. In 2009 and 2010 the necropolis, which belongs to the tell, have been investigated through drills (26 in number) in the “Koru Gioldjuk” area, located 160 m to the northwest. The investigated area is a total of 900 m2. 6 graves and other burial structures (4 pits and two positive structures) have been found. The graves are at a depth of between 0.67 – 1.20 m from the surface. The skeletons belong to men in a mature age (30 – 35 years old), 2 pieces, women in a mature age (30 – 35 years old), 1 piece, female individual at a infans II age range (12 – 18 years old), 2 pieces, and one of a child (infans I). The skeletons of the male individuals are strongly flexed, which is probably the result of intentionally binding of the corpse. The deceased are buried through body-laying in a hocker position to the left with their heads to the northeast. Inventory is found in only one grave, lumps of red ocher are found on the bones of some of the skeletons, small coals are found in the fill of the grave pits of the female and of one child's skeletons. Some of the graves form a row. In direct proximity to grave 3 at a depth of 0,75 m from the surface is found a collective find of 31 pieces of ceramic vessels, one cover and 2 vessel stands. They are located one next to another and are laying on different sides of a fired floor level. Fragments of thick-walled vessels are registered among them, as well as a stone with a flat shape (a millstone), cracked. Over the vessels are found burned plasters brown in color. The floor level, over which the find was discovered, lies 0,10 m above the loess surface. The situation may be interpreted as a depot for ceramic vessels, which have been used during the burial ceremonies. The collective find belongs to the Late Chalcolithic Age and the Gumelniţa culture. On the basis of the finds discovered in this context the necropolis allows to be referred at the Late Chalcolithic Age and the Gumelniţa culture. With a view to the analogue finds from the tell, investigated by us in proximity to the necropolis, we can conditionally state that the necropolis belongs and is chronologically referred to the last three construction horizons of the tell.
  • Limba de redactare: engleză
  • Vezi publicația: Cultură şi civilizaţie la Dunărea de Jos
  • Editura: Muzeul Dunării de Jos
  • Loc publicare: Călăraşi
  • Anul publicaţiei: 2011
  • Referinţă bibliografică pentru nr. revistă: XXVIII; anul 2011; subtitlu: Orient şi Occident
  • Paginaţia: 59-74
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