Preliminary considerations and notes on the Sarmatian burial remains of Timișoara – „Hladik 1” (Timiș county)

Abstract

The 2019-2020 archaeological research resulted in the discovery, near Timișoara, at site Hladik 1, of a Sarmatae cemetery of which 139 burials have been investigated, some encircled by a ditch. The grave goods in the Timișoara – „Hladik 1” burials, rather varied and rich, are represented by handmade or wheel-thrown pots, domestic and household objects, toiletries, silver coins, adornment and dress items, weapons, etc. The preliminary analysis of the grave goods dates grosso modo the graves’ group to the chronological frame comprised between late 2nd century and last decades of the 3rd century AD.

Keywords

• the sarmatae
• the iazyges
• burials
• ritual ditched enclosures
• artefacts
• the pannonian plain
• the banat