The Getae burial with cremation at the medieval settlement of Poiana I

Abstract

During the excavations in the Moldavian medieval settlement of Poiana I in the Middle Dniester area there was also found a burial with cremation attributed by P. Birnea to the Scythian time. Materials from this complex found in the collections of NMHM allowed us to refer it to the Getae culture and date it the first half of the 5th century BC. Clarification of the location of the burial suggests that perhaps it is a peripheral complex of a small burial ground. The settlement, whose inhabitants have made this burial, most likely is located nearby, on the second terrace of the Dniester bank, in the same conditions of relief like the Getae settlement of Tarasova lying in vicinity.

Keywords

• Getae
• Middle Dniester
• burial