Poieneşti inhumations

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> BTW, if Bastarnae and Scythians mixed, as per Tacitus,
> *****GK: Tacitus does not say that Bastarnians and Scythians mixed. > He's talking about upper class marriages between Sarmatians and
> Peuca Bastarnians in the latter part of the 1rst c. CE. We have no
> archaeology for the Bastarnians of that time and area
> unfortunately.*****
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> >  and Scythians used inhumation, how can Bastarnae in the
> > Poieneşti-Lukaševka have used cremation exclusively? What is your
> > source on that?

> ****GK: Every source on the Poeneshti-Lukashovka culture's
> inhumation practices with no known exception, confirms that
> cremation was that culture's exclusive burial rite. There is no
> archaeological material available for Peuca in the 1rst c. CE.****

Here's a source:

http://arheologie.ulbsibiu.ro/publicatii/ats/ats6.1/07/niculita_east.pdf
'Based on the analysis of archaeological materials we can draw a conclusion that irrespective of age, sex, social status biritualism [ie both inhumation and cremation] was practiced over both cultural chronological periods of 3rd-1st centuries BC - 1st-3rd centuries AD.'

Comments, George?



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