Brides for the afterlife? Some considerations on female burials from West Lithuania in the third century CE

Collection:
Mokslo publikacijos / Scientific publications
Document Type:
Straipsnis / Article
Language:
Anglų kalba / English
Title:
Brides for the afterlife? Some considerations on female burials from West Lithuania in the third century CE
In the Journal:
Wiadomości Archeologiczne. 2022, 73, p. 109-130
Keywords:
LT
3 amžius; Lietuva (Lithuania); Archeologiniai tyrinėjimai / Archaeological investigations; Kapinynai. Pilkapiai / Barrow. Burials.
Summary / Abstract:

ENThe article is devoted to a discussion of elements of female outfit which were typical for the 3rd century ce in West Lithuania. Special attention is paid to a head dress decorated with Bronzebuckelchen of Blumbergs group IIID and flat spirals-pendants, tutulus-shaped ornaments, bracelets and strings of beads, and bell-shaped pendants. Consideration focuses on the graves of young females of infans II and age iuvenis from Šernai and Baitai cemeteries. Recently the modest remains of skeletons from Baitai graves were investigated anthropologically. This allows us to suppose that the type of female dress under discussion here was of ceremonial importance and was prepared to be worn during wedding rites. A theoretical background for the thesis that young females were initiated into bridal status for the afterlife is discussed in this paper. Keywords: West Lithuania, 3rd cent. CE, female burials, female outfit, rites of passage. [From the publication]

DOI:
10.36154/wa.73.2022.03
ISSN:
0043-5082
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2024-03-29 16:44:06
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