Late Bronze Age mortuary practices and society in southern Carpathian Basin (BAMPICa)
This project, supported by Croatian science foundation (UIP-11-2013-5327), proposes to combine archaeology and physical anthropology in order to expand the current knowledge of Late Bronze Age (LBA) mortuary practices and society in Carpathian Basin. It integrate analyses of burial features and associated artifacts with analyses of cremated human remains from at least seven urnfield cemeteries in northern Croatia, dated between 13th and 9th century BC. We try to seek correlations between skeletal and artifactual evidence, which should allow us to recognize regularities and possible discrepancies linked to a specific gender or age group. Our primary aim is to investigate the variability of mortuary practices as reflected in modes of corpse treatment and disposal. At a more general level, we shall combine our data in order to investigate LBA social identities in southern Carpathian Basin.
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- Ložnjak Dizdar, D. 2013, Cremation burials in Northern Croatia 1300-750 BC, Brandbestattungen von der mittleren Donau bis zu Ägäis zwischen 1300 und 750 v. Chr., Lochner, M., Ruppenstein, F. (ur.), Wien, 99-117.
- Ložnjak Dizdar, D. 2011, Funerary Pracices of Late Bronze Age Communities in Continental Croatia, Bronze Age Rites and Rituals in the Carpathian Basin, Proceedings of the International Colloquium from Tâgru Mureş, 8-10 October 2010, S. Berecki, R. E. Németh, B. Rezi (ur.), Tâgru Mureş, 245-259.