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skupine, ki je razumela znake v stari kulturni pokrajini sumed that a lot of time had passed between the two

ter se odločila, da bo svoje umrle položila k počitku na burial periods (Lubšina Tušek, Kavur 2009; 2011), but

kraju, kjer se je začelo pokopavanje v daljni preteklosti. the absolute dating of some of the destroyed burials

Številna manjša grobišča, ki jih je sestavljalo zgolj par and of the settlement contexts of the Early Iron Age

grobov, kot tudi domnevno izolirani pokopi kažejo, settlement revealed that this was perhaps not the case.

da so manjše skupnosti, ki so z vzhoda prodirale na to It is certain that we are observing the cemetery of a

ozemlje, najprej zasedle strateško pomembne pozici- small group of immigrants from Transdanubia who

na stičišču svetov ■ on the crossroad of worlds 122 je (Megaw, Megaw 2012, 402, 404, Fig. 4), ter posledič- had preserved their identity. It is the burial place of the

no ponovno poselile iste pozicije v pokrajini, ki so bile first Celtic community members that had penetrated

poseljene že stoletja pred tem. Izvor teh majhnih sku- into desolated and sparsely populated areas of eastern

pin, ki so jih vodili mečenosci s svojimi spremljevalka- Slovenia. It is indeed a cemetery of a group that under-

mi, lahko prepoznamo iz njihove opreme ter nakita, stood the signs of the old cultural landscape and de-

ki kaže najštevilčnejše povezave s centri južne Slova- cided to lay their dead to rest in a place where burials

ške in severne Madžarske na področju kolena Donave, had taken place in the distant past. Numerous small

centri, ki so ustvarili materialno kulturo in identiteto cemeteries consisting of only a few graves as well as

jasno zasidrano v tradiciji vzhodnih Keltov. the allegedly isolated burials indicate that the smaller

communities penetrating from the East into this ter-

ritory initially occupied strategically important posi-

tions (Megaw, Megaw 2012, 402, 404, Fig. 4) and, con-

sequently, resettled in territories that were populated

centuries before. The origin of these small groups, led

by sword bearers with their female attendants, is eas-

ily recognizable from their equipment and jewelry,

demonstrating numerous links to centers of south-

ern Slovakia and Hungary to the north of ​the knee of

the Danube – centers that created the material culture

and identity clearly anchored in the traditions of the

Eastern Celts.
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