Studien zu den thrakischen Prunkgräbern des 4. Jhs. v.Chr.

This book is the 3rd volume on the projects “Iron Age waggon graves of South-Eastern Europe” and “Interdisciplinary studies on the ostentatious grave at Agighiol”. After the beginnings of figural Thracian art in the 5th century [SEAT 1] and Late Hallstatt waggon graves in the Carpathian Basin [SEAT 2,1], volume 3 comprises 2 fascicles on the Thracian waggon graves in 4th century Romania, Bulgaria, and Macedonia, the territory of the Getae, Odrysians, Triballi, and Paeonians at the time. The ostentatious grave at Agighiol [Dobruja] with Thracian and Scythian architectural features contained two non-local young females, weaponry, jewellery, Greek imports, a handsome imported horse, and a ritually disjointed nag of local origin as well as horse-gear decoration made from silver not derived from coins. The contemporaneous grave from Peretu [Wallachia] belonged to an adult male with a small-sized yearling. The iron remains of his light four-wheeled waggon were deposited in a charred condition. The metal of the horse-gear originated from another source of ore than at Agighiol. The volume terminates with the original excavation documentation from Agighiol which is important for the history of research. Das Buch ist die 3. Publikation zu den Projekten “Eisenzeitliche Wagengräber Südosteuropas” und “Interdisziplinäre Studien über das Prunkgrab aus Agighiol”. Nach den Anfängen der figuralen thrakischen Kunst im 5. Jh. [SEAT 1] und den späthallstattzeitlichen Wagengräbern des Karpatenbeckens [SEAT 2,1] behandelt Band 3 in zwei Teilbänden die thrakischen Wagengräber des 4. Jh. in Rumänien, Bulgarien und Mazedonien, wo nach Textquellen Geten, Odrysen, Triballen und Paionen siedelten. Das Prunkgrab von Agighiol [Dobrudscha] mit thrakischen und skythischen Baumerkmalen enthielt zwei ortsfremde junge Frauen, Waffen, Schmuck, griechischen Import, ein stattliches importiertes und ein rituell zerlegtes, krankes Pferd lokaler Herkunft sowie Zaumzeuge mit silbernem Zierrat, der nicht aus Münzmetall bestand. Das zeitgleiche Grab aus Peretu [Walachei] gehörte einem adulten Mann mit einem kleinen Jährling. Die Eisenreste seines leichten vierrädrigen Wagens waren verbrannt beigegeben. Das Metall des Zaumzeugs stammte aus einer anderen Erzquelle als in Agighiol. Der Band schließt mit der forschungsgeschichtlich wichtigen originalen Grabungsdokumentation von Agighiol.

This book is the 3rd volume on the projects “Iron Age waggon graves of South-Eastern Europe” and “Interdisciplinary studies on the ostentatious grave at Agighiol”. After the beginnings of figural Thracian art in the 5th century [SEAT 1] and Late Hallstatt waggon graves in the Carpathian Basin [SEAT 2,1], volume 3 comprises 2 fascicles on the Thracian waggon graves in 4th century Romania, Bulgaria, and Macedonia, the territory of the Getae, Odrysians, Triballi, and Paeonians at the time. The ostentatious grave at Agighiol [Dobruja] with Thracian and Scythian architectural features contained two non-local young females, weaponry, jewellery, Greek imports, a handsome imported horse, and a ritually disjointed nag of local origin as well as horse-gear decoration made from silver not derived from coins. The contemporaneous grave from Peretu [Wallachia] belonged to an adult male with a small-sized yearling. The iron remains of his light four-wheeled waggon were deposited in a charred condition. The metal of the horse-gear originated from another source of ore than at Agighiol. The volume terminates with the original excavation documentation from Agighiol which is important for the history of research.