Dispersed Burials in the Early Mediaeval (Great-Moravian) Stronghold Břeclav–Pohansko (CZ)
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| Year of publication | 2024 |
| Type | Conference abstract |
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| Description | A total of 559 graves were investigated in the churchyards at Pohansko. Almost the same number of graves - 485 - were uncovered in the context of scattered cemeteries within the settlement structures. Outside the church cemeteries, 46.5% of all discovered graves were located. We have identified very heterogeneous burial practices, which include religious, social and chronological factors. We assume that burial areas and rituals were not organised centrally, but under the auspices of selected authorised persons from individual discrete settlement units. The community that buried its deceased here was well aware of the Christian religion and its burial rules, so why did they choose not to bury their dead in cemeteries around the church? Was it their choice, or could they not be buried there? Can these questions ever be answered? |
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