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A case of projectile trauma from the medieval Poulton Chapel, Cheshire, the United Kingdom
International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Volume 29, Issue 6, Page 1079-1090, November/December 2019., 2019 Abstract Excavations at the medieval cemetery of Poulton Chapel, Cheshire, have uncovered over 900 articulated human skeletal remains, with numbers predicted to reach as high as 1500 as excavations continue. The demographics of this archaeological site is typical of a medieval rural assemblage.
Sara M. Canavan +3 more
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Archaeothanatology and funeral archaeology. Application to the study of primary single burials
, 2014 International audienceIn funeral archaeology, to understand a burial is to bear in mind, above all, that skeletons were once corpses. The process by which a corpse is transformed into a skeleton is one of the key questions when excavating burials ...
Tillier, Anne-Marie +2 more
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Documenta Praehistorica, 2010 This paper discusses how archaeologists can approach ways in which the ritual treatment of the dead body was a means of reproducing a sense of identity and community in the past. The approach combines a theoretical framework grounded in practice and body
Liv Nilsson Stutz
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Wicked and Twisted? The Phenomenon of Atypical Burials in the Late Roman Period
Etnoantropološki ProblemiBurials deviating from the customary norms, differing from the other interments in the same necropolis, in terms of the position and treatment of the deceased’s body, the presence or absence of grave goods, or their location inside the necropolis, have ...
Marko Janković, Jovana Petrović
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Bioarchaeology International, 2020 In the ringfort Sandby borg (A.D. 400–550) on Öland, Sweden, remains of 26 unburied humans were excavated between 2010 and 2016. Several of the skeletons display traces of lethal interpersonal violence.
Clara Alfsdotter, Anna Kjellström
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Anthropologie biologique et archéologie : regards croisés ?
Archéopages, 2012 The transformation from physical anthropology to bioarchaeology has followed a chaotic path. During the 1960s and 1970s, the discipline of physical anthropology undertook much soul-searching. From this questioning emerged an academic syllabus strongly in
Hervé Guy, Anne Richier
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The Routledge handbook of archaeothanatology : bioarchaeology of mortuary behaviour /
, 2022 "The Routledge Handbook of Archaeothanatology spans the gap between archaeology and biological anthropology, the field and laboratory, and between francophone and anglophone funerary archaeological approaches to the remains of the dead and the ...
Schotsmans, Eline M. J.(viaf)54147118115026340150 +1 more
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Reopening Graves for the Removal of Objects and Bones
, 2022 Human remains buried in graves do not always ‘rest in peace’ eternally. Throughout the world, graves are often reopened1 as part of funerary or post-funerary rituals (Hertz, 1960; Danforth, 1982; Verdery, 1999; Aspöck, 2005; Kümmel, 2009; Weiss-Krejci ...
Noterman, Astrid, +5 more
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Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d’Anthropologie de ParisRecent 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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Introduction: The Mother-Infant Nexus in Archaeology and Anthropology
The Mother-Infant Nexus in Anthropology, 2019 There is a burgeoning awareness within anthropology and archaeology of the centrality of mother-infant interactions for understanding the evolution of our species, infant and maternal health and care strategies, and biological and social development ...
R. Gowland, Siân E. Halcrow
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