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Recent methodological advances in archaeology, and preventive archaeology in particular, have prompted new interest in studies of Iron Age societies through their funerary practices.
Elodie Caserta +2 more
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La grotte de Cussac (Dordogne)
The recently discovered (2000) Cussac Cave is one of the major elaborately decorated caves for which the Ministry of Culture immediately invoked protective measures, including climatic controls and land and equipment purchases.
Jacques Jaubert +6 more
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This paper focuses on the study of burial practices, including biological anthropology and archaeothanatology, through archaeological excavations of two burial sites in the historical city of Mbanza Kongo, the former capital of the Kongo kingdom.
Eloi Cyrille Tollo
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Funerary practices and burial sites offer valuable insights into how societies conceptualize death and an enhanced perspective on communities' social, economic, and cultural contexts.
Nathalie Antunes-Ferreira
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Talking Dead. New burials from Tron Bon Lei (Alor Island, Indonesia) inform on the evolution of mortuary practices from the terminal Pleistocene to the Holocene in Southeast Asia. [PDF]
Samper-Carro SC +4 more
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ANÁLISE ARQUEOTANATOLÓGICA DE DUAS SEPULTURAS INFANTIS – SÍTIO JUSTINO-S
O trabalho tem por objetivo analisar os sepultamentos humanos através dos métodos propostos pela Arqueotanatologia, tendo como foco o modo de deposição do esqueleto em sua sepultura e os fatores que podem correlacioná-los.
Jaciara Andrade Silva, Olívia Carvalho
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Archaeothanatoloy involves assessment of the changes a corpse undergoes from the time of death from both biological and social perspectives. It considers decomposition processes in conjunction with mortuary practices and the approach has been applied to a wide range of burial contexts.
Le Roy, Melie, Murphy, Eileen
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The Ornaments of the Arma Veirana Early Mesolithic Infant Burial. [PDF]
Gravel-Miguel C +16 more
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The Church of Mary in Ephesos (Türkiye)—a major early Christian site—was founded in the early fifth century CE and used as a funerary space until the fifteenth century. While burials have been documented in excavations at the site since the 1980s, mortuary practices were not systematically evaluated.
Caroline Partiot +4 more
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