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The archaeothanatology of identity : freed-people burials in Nuceria necropolis, Pompeii [PDF]
, 2017 1 online resource (vii, 89 p.) : ill., mapsIncludes abstract.Includes bibliographical references (p. 83-86).The thesis examines personal and suvivor expressions of identity through freed-people funerary monuments located in the Pompeian necropoleis.
Locke, Jenna
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La grotte de Cussac (Dordogne)
Les Nouvelles de l’Archéologie, 2019 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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Archaeology InternationalHow can archaeologists understand the human experience of death in the deep past? More specifically, how can the archaeological record, consisting of fragmented material traces of past people’s actions when faced with death, provide real insights into ...
Liv Nilsson Stutz
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Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d’Anthropologie de ParisThis paper examines the treatment of the dead in three Early Bronze Age cemeteries on the Greek mainland, in comparison with six contemporaneous cemeteries in the Cyclades.
Anastasia Chrysanthi Solomou
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AfriquesThis 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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ARYS Antigüedad Religiones y SociedadesNew excavations conducted at the Tophet of Carthage in 2017 and 2018, and again in 2023, led to the discovery of several hundred urns. The precision of the stratigraphic observations, along with the relatively limited extent of later disturbances, allows
H. Duday +8 more
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Continuity and discontinuity at the burial site of Roonka, Murray Gorge, South Australia
The HoloceneIdentifying continuity and discontinuity in Holocene hunter-gatherer burial sites is often challenging. Roonka, is the largest excavated burial area in Australia. Despite preliminary analysis in the 1970–1980s chronology was challenging given the complex
J. Littleton +5 more
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The lost photos: archaeothanatology applied to photo documentation from the 1960s reveals new data about Mesolithic burials, Sado valley, Portugal [PDF]
, 2019 The Mesolithic shell middens in Portugal aggregate some of the largest and earliest burial grounds known, around 8000 years old, arranged and maintained by populations with an exclusive hunting, fishing, and foraging lifestyle.
Stjerna, Rita Peyroteo +2 more
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Deviant Infant Burials in Late Roman Umbria
, 2020 My work sets forth a procedure for classifying a burial as deviant (i.e., demonstrably different from contemporary burials with evidence that any difference was created by intentional human action).
Roberto, Kathryn
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Antropologia PortuguesaFunerary 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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