From: Torsten
Message: 67510
Date: 2011-05-06
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> The title of the article is:
> CONTRIBUTIONS MADE TO THE STUDY OF THE BURIAL RITE
> PERFORMED BY THE COMMUNITIES INHABITING EAST
> OF THE CARPATHIANS IN 3RD C. B.C. - 3RD C. A.D.
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> Did the Bastarnae live in the area east of the Carpathians, ie Moldova, in the period 3rd cent BCE - 3rd cent. CE, yes or no?
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> *****GK: That would be a good question to put to Nicolita. Nothing
> in his article (or in the titles of his references) suggests that
> they did. His "communities" are either identified in these
> references as Getic or are not specifically identified. Poeneshti-
> Lukashovka is completely ignored. Such an approach is tendentious at
> best if not worthless. He seems to be a Getic specialist, judging by
> his 1973 article. Luckily we have plenty of good archaeologists (and
> historians) who give us reliable information about the Poeneshti-
> Lukashovka culture of the Bastarnian communities. But perhaps youÂ
> like Nicolita because his title is a substitute for argument, like
> your contention about the "Bastarnian invasion of Przeworsk".*****