[gothic-l] Re: Heruls and Archaeology

[george knysh]

--- faltin2001 <dirk at smra.co.uk> wrote:
> As stated earlier, Schmidt also describes and
> illustrates the 'couched
> on the side' burials in the Niemberger group. He
> also mentiones 'many'
> derivations of the 'couched on the side burials' as
> well as 'multiple'
> graves, which contained more than one body. He
> states that these
> burial types directly link the Niemberger and
> Grossbadegaster groups
> with the western Chernyakhov and Sintana de Mures
> cultures.

*****GK: It would appear, based on your report of
Schmidt, that much if not most of the population which
migrated to Thuringia did so primarily from the area
of Rumanian Transylvania (the old Dacia which was
conquered from Rome in 271). This, incidentally, is
the "Caucaland" to which some of the Danubian Goths
retreated subsequent to the initial Hunnic assaults.
Apparently some continued on and crossed the
Carpathians on their way to the northwest, stopping in
Silesia for a time. All burials stemming from "on the
side" variations are indubitably Germanic (or of
thoroughly Germanized elements), since this is a
traditional Welbark culture inhumation ritual (for
those who practised inhumation rather than cremation).
The "belly burials" more than likely indicate an
accompanying Iranic element. Once again thanks for
this most interesting piece of information, confirming
a partial Gothic dispersal to the west.******



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