Uniformita, či rozmanitost pohřebního ritu? Interpretace výsledků fosfátové půdní analýzy na pohřebišti únětické kultury v Praze 9 ― Miškovicích

Phosphate soil analysis was successfully used as a supplement to archaeological and anthropological observations at the Early Bronze Age burial site in Prague 9 - Miskovice. In addition to "regular" burials with complete preserved skeletons resting in an anatomical position, the soil analysis was used to document heretofore unknown forms of burial (approximately 45 % of all uncovered graves): A) The burial of separate bones (in some cases in caskets made from organic material) without soft tissue, often with gifts and characterized by complete or fragmentary skeletal remains spread out or arranged in the bottom of the grave pit, without a phosphate anomaly. B) So-called "cenotaph" (empty) graves situated between other graves. The shapes of cenotaph graves do not differ from other graves, but do not contain any bones or other objects. The cenotaph graves do not have a phosphate anomaly, but one of them has a stone packing. C) "Grave" pits with neither skeletal remains nor finds, but with a distinct phosphate anomaly respecting the shape and even the size of the grave.