The first could be represented by the complexes with human remains found inside the settlements, and the second could refer to the organization of a extra-mural funerary space, like is the case with the necropoleis from Folteşti and Sboryanovo.
Analyzing the total amount of the funerary finds from the Lower Danube area, a first conclusion would be that there are at least two ways of disposing the dead. These information, the majority of which unpublished, bring a new and more complete image of the disposal of the dead inside the settlement.
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In this study we try to present a catalogue as complete as possible for the finds from the Babadag settlement, based on the already published information, the recent finds, and also a series of documents from the Sebastian Morintz archive at the Institute of Archaeology “Vasile Pârvan” Bucharest. Quite a lot of such finds come from the Early Iron Age settlement from Babadag, but unfortunately they are not mentioned in the articles dedicated to this site. In our opinion, the research of this phenomenon is made more difficult by the incorrect publication or even the lack of published information. These finds seem to concentrate inside the limits of the Babadag culture, but some can be met also outside this area. The image of the funerary practice was partially improved lately, through the publishing of another category of finds, namely the complexes with human remains found in the settlements. The cemeteries and isolated burials found outside the Urnfield area are rare and rather atypical for the communities from this area and present a varied repertory. But it should be emphasized that such manifestations are rarely observed during the archaeological research in the SE Europe. Although the research on the Early Iron Age sites has become more ample since the 60s, the study of the funerary practice of the Hallstatt communities in the area of Lower Danube represents a relatively new concern for the Romanian archaeologists.
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