Starije željezno doba na prostoru istočne Slavonije, zapadne Bačke i zapadnoga Srijema naseljavale su zajednice koje se povezuju s materijalnom kulturom grupe Dalj. Kontinuitet u naseljavanju i pokopavanju na istim položajima može se pratiti od kasnoga brončanog doba. U novim istraživanjima groblja iz kasnoga brončanog i starijega željeznog doba u Sotinu pronađeno je 119 grobova. Radi se o paljevinskim grobovima, pri čemu su spaljeni ostaci pokojnika s ostacima nošnje i osobnim predmetima u većini grobova bili položeni u žare te poklopljeni zdjelom u funkciji poklopca. U grobovima starijega željeznog doba bili su položeni i keramički servisi sastavljeni od lonaca, šalica, kantharosa i zdjela koji su sadržavali piće i jelo – popudbinu u pogrebnome ritualu. Interdisciplinarne analize konteksta, nalaza i uzoraka omogućavaju detaljnije interpretacije pogrebnih običaja, identiteta i statusa pokojnika kroz analizu pojedinačnih grobova. Siguran kontekst u kojem su povezani keramički nalazi i nakit omogućavaju i detaljnije datacije inventara unutar starijega željeznog doba na prostoru Podunavlja, sagledanoga u mreži komunikacija i utjecaja vidljivih na predmetima i u pogrebnim običajima.; Eastern Slavonia, western Bačka, and western Syrmia in the Early Iron Age were inhabited by communities associated with the material culture of the Dalj group. The continuity of life and burials on the same sites can be followed from the Late Bronze Age. Recent excavations at Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age cemeteries in Sotin have identified 119 graves. These are cremation graves; in most of them, the cremated remains of the dead and the remains of costume and personal items were placed in urns and covered with a bowl serving as lid. The Early Iron Age graves included ceramic sets of pots, cups, kantharoi, and bowls, containing food and drinks as departing gifts within the funerary rite. Interdisciplinary analyses of contexts, finds, and samples, have led to more detailed interpretations of funerary rites, identities, and the status of the dead, by analysing specific graves. The definite context linking the pottery finds and the jewellery has resulted from the detailed dating of the inventory in the Danube Basin from the Early Iron Age, considered within the network of communications and influences that can be seen from the objects and funerary rites.