Bronze-Age burials in vessels in Moravia

Burials in vessels represent a special form of funeral rite in the Bronze Age. First evidences of this phenomenon have been discovered in Bohemia at the end of the 19th century. In Moravia they had been excavated in the 1920 in Mikulov but the report on them was published as late as in the 1950s. Today in Moravia the burials in vessels are known first of all from the early Bronze age, rarely also from the Middle and late Bronze age. The Unetice culture is represented by the burials from Cezavy near Blucina, Dolni Vestonice, Brno-Slatina and by less clear discoveries from Svatoborice and Cezavy. These burials are more frequent in the Veterov group, where they are known from Mikulov, Olbramovice, Pasohlavky and 13 burials were found in Hradisko near Kromeriz. The burial from Borotice and finds of skulls in vessels from cezavy near Blucina and Hodonice are uncertain. Burials from Mikulov and Vedrovice can be only approximately dated to the early Bronze age. The late Bronze age is represented by the Lusatian burial in amphora from Ivan and by the uncertain skull burial in vessel from cezavy near Blucina. Mostly they were burials of one individual, only in Mikulov and Blucina two children were buried. Newborns appeared in the Unetice burial in Blucina and in Olsany. Children were buried in Blucina-Cezavy, Brno-slatina, dolni vestonice, Hodonice, Ivan, Mikulovice, Olbramovice, Pasohlavky and in Vedrovice. No skeletons were found in Borotice and Hradisko near Kromeriz. Burials in vessel are considered a funeral custom that have its origin in the Mediterranean.