Стаття присвячена результатам досліджень
2019—2020 рр. кремаційного могильника римського
часу Карів І у Західному Побужжі. Охарактеризовано поховальні комплекси, супровідний інвентар
і похоронну обрядовість. Визначено, що пам’ятка
може бути місцем захоронення представників варварської еліти та членів її близького оточення і
датуватися другою половиною ІІ ст. н. е.
The paper highlights the results of research conducted
in 2019—2020 at the archaeological site cremation
burial ground Kariv I of the Roman period in the
basin of the Western Bug River. During the excavations
3 cremation burials were found which perhaps
included the remains of one male and two females.
Noteworthy is the partially destroyed female burial 12.
Rich items of funeral inventory were found there, including
the household items, metal costume details,
jewelry, including jewelry made of yellow metal. The
tilth soil layer contained fragments of glass and ceramic
imported utensils, brooches, weapons and horse
harness, armour ect. In total 12 cremation burials (including
one pair burial) with a variety of equipment
were found on the area of 1456 m2 during the entire
period of research on the burial ground Kariv I. The
remains of thirteen people were found in the burial assemblages:
seven men, five women and one adolescent
child (infantilis II group). We can suppose that the site
may have been a burial place for barbarian elite and
members of its inner circle. On the basis of numerous
finds (brooches, spurs, tips of drinking horns, amphorae,
glass and bronze vessels, etc.), most of which come
from closed assemblages, the chronology of the burial
ground is ascertained by the second half of the 2nd century
CE (phase B2/C1). The people who left the site
had mixed cultural traits. The mix of funeral traditions
of the Przeworsk culture with notable South Germanic
(Suebian), Baltic and Venetian elements can be found
on the site. The events of the Marcomannic Wars, during
or after which some members of the barbarian coalition
tried to leave the troubled areas of the Middle
Danube, moving away from Roman political influence
in the European Barbaricum, perhaps may be the reason
of appearance in the region of the population whom
the burial ground belong.
