Mummification in the Mesolithic: New Approaches to Old Photo Documentation Reveal Previously Unknown Mortuary Practices in the Sado Valley, Portugal [PDF]
European Journal of Archaeology, 2022 Recently rediscovered photographs of the remains of thirteen individuals buried in the Sado Valley Mesolithic shell middens of Poças de S. Bento and Arapouco, excavated in 1960 and 1962, show the potential of revisiting excavation archives with new ...
R. Peyroteo-Stjerna +3 more
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What are we missing? An archaeothanatological approach to late Anglo-Saxon burials [PDF]
, 2018 Archaeothanatology, a holistic approach conceived in France, examines detailed observations of the spatial positioning of skeletal elements in a grave, to characterize taphonomy and reveal funerary practices that would otherwise be archaeologically ...
Green, Emma C
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Exploring the use of actualistic forensic taphonomy in the study of (forensic) archaeological human burials : An actualistic experimental research programme at the Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State University (FACTS), San Marcos, Texas [PDF]
, 2022 This chapter reviews some of the experimental forensic taphonomic research to improve the interpretation of human remains in both traditional and forensic archaeological contexts, and present the findings of an innovative on-going research programme ...
Gluschitz, Sarah +15 more
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, 2023 Archaeothanatology goes beyond taphonomy and bones. It touches on cultural aspects, funerary practices and their socio-cultural interpretation (cf. Knüsel and Schotsmans, Introduction, this volume).
Georges-Zimmermann, P +3 more
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Early Holocene Human Burials from Fa Hien-lena and Kuragala, Sri Lanka
Ancient Lanka, 2022 Few human burials from Sri Lankan archaeological contexts have been described. Here we report on the analysis of two early Holocene skeletons, FH8, a young adult female skeleton excavated from Fa Hien-lena and dated to 10,640-10,139 cal BP, and BK1, a ...
J. Stock +8 more
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Journal de la Société des Américanistes, 2020 The majority of ancient Maya funerary contexts, at least those reported by archaeology, are residential in nature. This cultural specificity, while it renders the excavation process more complex, establishes a link between the grave and the surrounding ...
Hemmamuthé Goudiaby +1 more
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Archéologie funéraire à Thaenae (Thyna) : nouvelles données sur le « mausolée Fendri »
Antiquités Africaines, 2023 The ongoing renovation of the Sfax Archaeological Museum and the current research within the framework of the Thaenae field site provided an opportunity between 2020 and 2022 to re-examine the material discovered by M.
Solenn de Larminat +15 more
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Invisible death rites in the early Neolithic: results of archaeothanatological analysis of Linearbandkeramik funerary practices from settlements [PDF]
, 2023 This poster presents the results of an archaeothanatological study of early Neolithic burials belonging to the Linearbandkeramik (LBK) culture (c. 5600-5000 cal BC).
Hukelova, Zuzana +8 more
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La démarche archéo-anthropologique dans la nécropole hellénistique de Plinthine
Archéopages, 2010 In the region of Lake Mariut, to the west of Alexandria, stands the town of Plinthine. Definitely abandoned at the end of the Hellenistic period, it has remained in a good state of preservation ever since.
Marie-Françoise Boussac +1 more
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