Gemeinlebarn Burial

There is slightly higher number of the iron swords in the area of the northeastern Alpine territory. One of the most significant finds comes from the tumulus I in Gemeinlebarn (Tab. 2:1a, 1b). This burial mound excels within the given area nearly with all its characteristics. It represents a skeletal grave in a chamber constructed from oak planks, which has according to its burial rite, modification of the grave pit and last but not least according to the character of its inventory clear parallels in the western Hallstatt environment. It is an iron sword of the Mindelheim type with a wider tongue-shaped hilt and a long tang for securing a button (Kromer 1958a, Ia, b). The grave is thus dated to the Ha C1b-Ha C2 (Internet 1). Another specimen of a sword is …show more content…
From the cadastral area of Somlószőlős, location Séd, on the slope of the hill Somlóhegy (tumulus Doba I) and the cadastral area of village Doba (tumulus Doba II) originate two iron swords (Tab. 3:1-3) in disturbed burial mounds (Darnay/Kleiszl/Száraz 1895, 317nn.). The tumulus I, dated to Ha C1b (Trachsel 2004, 421; Internet 1) is stated to be in skeletal burial rite, although many authors question this information, while their main argument is the absence of this form of a burial rite in the are of Transdanubia (last time collective RGZM of the project TOMBA, Internet 1). The grave chamber of tumulus II had stone cladding of a rectangular shape. At first, it was dated to the Ha C1 (Trachsel 2004, 421), currently it is dated to the Ha C2 (Internet 1). Besides the origin of these swords in the western environment, similarly as in previous cases, the wealthy inventory and character of these burial mounds (mainly tumulus 2) exhibits numerous features from the western Hallstatt territory, for instance the presence of bronze vessels, ladle and bronze pommel from sword of the Mindelheim type, which are imported, or the costly modification of the entire funeral