NOVÉ POZNATKY K VYBRANÝM GERMÁNSKYM ŽIAROVÝM HROBOM V ZOHORE, POLOHA PIESKY

The excavation of burial grounds offers a unique portal into the lives of individuals who inhabited a particular area, providing insights far exceeding those gleaned from settlement patterns. Penetrating the depths of these gravesites, researchers can extract a wealth of information that vividly reconstructs the existence of individuals who lived centuries or millennia ago, including their customs and beliefs surrounding death and the afterlife. Drawing on archaeological and anthropological analyses of grave goods and skeletal remains, this paper presents new discoveries from selected cremation graves at the Zohor-Piesky site. While recognizing that these graves do not represent entirely undisturbed contexts, leading to the absence of some grave goods and limitations in anthropological analysis in certain cases, we are still able to draw valuable inferences from the available data. By identifying patterns in the analysed graves, we can extrapolate these findings to the remaining burials, enabling us to trace the types of artefacts associated with specific age and sex categories. This study sheds light on the social dynamics and cultural practices of the individuals interred at Zohor, offering a profounder comprehension of their customs and beliefs as manifest in their burials.