PROBLEME DE INTERPRETARE A BIRITUALISMULUI ÎN CULTURA GETICĂ
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2022
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Manifestările funerare reflectate de ansamblurile de vestigii arheologice au stimulat mereu discuţii privind diversitatea
graniţelor sociale, etnice sau culturale, pe care acestea le-ar fi putut contura în trecut. Pentru perioada de trecere de la prima la
cea de-a doua epocă a fierului, delimitarea între ritul inhumaţiei și cel al incineraţiei – ca elemente distincte specifice unei anumite
comunităţi etnoculturale – este aproape imposibilă graţie coexistenţei celor două tradiţii. În literatura de specialitate s-au conturat
mai multe ipoteze, care fac referinţe la o tranziţie treptată de la predominarea inhumaţiei la cea a incineraţiei, la complexitatea unui
ritual funerar prelungit sau la reflectarea unor transformări religioase ipotetice. Așa sau altfel, studierea biritualismului prezent la mai
multe comunităţi reconstituite arheologic, necesită o abordare complexă și prudentă.
Funerary manifestations reflected by the assemblages of archaeological vestiges have always stimulated discussions regarding the diversity of social, ethnic or cultural borders, which they could have outlined in the past. For the transition period from the first to the second Iron Age, the delimitation between the rite of inhumation and that of cremation as distinct elements specific to a certain ethno-cultural community is almost impossible due to the coexistence of the two traditions. Several hypotheses have emerged in the specialized literature, which refer to a gradual transition from the predominance of inhumation to that of cremation, to the complexity of a prolonged funeral ritual or to the reflection of hypothetical religious transformations. One way or another, the study of bi-ritualism present in several archaeologically reconstructed communities requires a complex and cautious approach.
Funerary manifestations reflected by the assemblages of archaeological vestiges have always stimulated discussions regarding the diversity of social, ethnic or cultural borders, which they could have outlined in the past. For the transition period from the first to the second Iron Age, the delimitation between the rite of inhumation and that of cremation as distinct elements specific to a certain ethno-cultural community is almost impossible due to the coexistence of the two traditions. Several hypotheses have emerged in the specialized literature, which refer to a gradual transition from the predominance of inhumation to that of cremation, to the complexity of a prolonged funeral ritual or to the reflection of hypothetical religious transformations. One way or another, the study of bi-ritualism present in several archaeologically reconstructed communities requires a complex and cautious approach.
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biritualism, cultura getică, epoca fierului, inhumaţie, rit funerar, getic culture, Iron Age, inhumation, funerary rite
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COROBCEAN, Andrei, MATVEEV, Sergiu. Problems on interpreting of biritualism in the Getic culture. In: Descoperiri vechi şi abordări noi în arheologia epocii fierului din spaţiul tiso-nistrean: colocviu de vară, 28-31 iulie 2022, Chişinău. Chișinău-Saharna: Bons Offices, 2022, pp. 155-170. ISBN 978-9975-87-746-6.