Abstract
Two Late Copper age inhumation burials were uncovered by istván Molnár in 2005 during the large-scale rescue excavations ahead of road construction in County So-mogy. in addition to the burial proper, both graves contained the skulls of additional individuals. in addition to the vessels, the 8–9-year-old child interred in Grave 415 had a bracelet of almost pure copper on his wrist, a black bead fashioned from jet or some similar organic material on his neck and a bead hammered from sheet copper. The burial mode and the jewellery items – currently unparalleled in the archaeological record – that were deposited in the grave clearly indicate that the child buried in the grave enjoyed a special status. The dna analyses revealed kinship ties between the boy and the other skulls placed in his burial.
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