Coins in funeral rituals
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We analyze part of the numismatic material found in the archaeological excavation carried out during improvement works on the street, Calle Juan Carlos I (Xilxes, Castelló) Spain. The dig revealed a Christian necropolis whose chronology... more
We analyze part of the numismatic material found in the archaeological excavation carried out during improvement works on the street, Calle Juan Carlos I (Xilxes, Castelló) Spain. The dig revealed a Christian necropolis whose chronology spreads uninterruptedly from approximately the thirteenth to the late-eighteenth centuries. From the collection, we have selected three groups of coins, recovered in as many inhumations, belonging to the final stages of the necropolis’ occupation. The reasons for this choice are their singularity as part of the burial ritual and their value as samples of the monetary spread of the modern period.
Se presenta parte del material numismático hallado en la excavación arqueológica realizada con motivo
de la remodelación de la calle Juan Carlos I en el municipio de Xilxes (Castelló). Dicha excavación ha
permitido constatar una necrópolis cristiana cuya cronología se extiende de forma continuada, grosso
modo, desde el s. XIII hasta finales del s. XVIII. De la colección seleccionamos, para esta comunicación,
tres conjuntos monetales, recuperados en sendas inhumaciones, pertenecientes a las últimas fases de ocupación
de la necrópolis, dada su singularidad como ritual de enterramiento y por su valor como muestra de
la circulación monetaria de época moderna.
Se presenta parte del material numismático hallado en la excavación arqueológica realizada con motivo
de la remodelación de la calle Juan Carlos I en el municipio de Xilxes (Castelló). Dicha excavación ha
permitido constatar una necrópolis cristiana cuya cronología se extiende de forma continuada, grosso
modo, desde el s. XIII hasta finales del s. XVIII. De la colección seleccionamos, para esta comunicación,
tres conjuntos monetales, recuperados en sendas inhumaciones, pertenecientes a las últimas fases de ocupación
de la necrópolis, dada su singularidad como ritual de enterramiento y por su valor como muestra de
la circulación monetaria de época moderna.
An underground chamber tomb was recently discovered in the suburban area of Macomades Selorum, the ancient urban centre above which the modern Surt was built. The hypogeum, currently no longer visible or accessible, had been looted at the... more
An underground chamber tomb was recently discovered in the suburban area of Macomades Selorum, the ancient urban centre above which the modern Surt was built. The hypogeum, currently no longer visible or accessible, had been looted at the time of its discovery. The typology of the grave, carved into the bedrock, recalls that of the Punic tripartite hypogea, in which a staircase, extended by a stepped dromos, leads to the burial chamber. The underground room, rectangular in plan and with a vaulted roof, was decorated with painted floral patterns. An acanthus branch framed a series of niches containing box shaped cinerary urns. The remains of sixteen cremations and two inhumation burials were found inside the room within pits dug into the floor. The scarce remains of grave goods, including pottery and glass vessels, oil lamps and coins, and inscriptions on the urns allow us to date the hypogeum approximately to a period between the age of Hadrian and the end of the 2nd century.
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