Early evidence ( ca. 12,000 B.P.) for feasting at a burial cave in Israel [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2010 Feasting is one of humanity's most universal and unique social behaviors. Although evidence for feasting is common in the early agricultural societies of the Neolithic, evidence in pre-Neolithic contexts is more elusive. We found clear evidence for feasting on wild cattle and tortoises at Hilazon Tachtit cave, a Late Epipaleolithic (12,000 calibrated ...
Natalie D, Munro, Leore, Grosman
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Red-figured and black-glazed pottery from kurgan 2 of the kurgan group «Tsementnaya slobodka I» [PDF]
Античный мир и археология, 2023 During the study of the necropolis «Tsementnaya Slobodka I» on Ak-Burun Cape in the burial mound 2 the remnants of the funeral feast were found.
Egorova, Tatiana Valeryevna +1 more
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Anales de Antropología, 2022 This paper documents the role of domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) in the domestic and ritual contexts of Mayapán. Mayapán was the last capital of the Postclassic Maya to be located on the Yucatán Peninsula.
Yajaira Núñez Cortés
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Monumental burials and memorial feasting: an example from the southern Brazilian highlands [PDF]
Antiquity, 2008 AbstractWhat happened at the sites of prehistoric burial mounds after they were erected? In the southern highlands of Brazil and Argentina the pre-Hispanic mounds of the twelfth-thirteenth centuries AD are surrounded by large circular enclosures with avenues leading to their centre.
Iriarte, José, Gillam, C, Marozzi, O
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Grave 22 of the Belgrade necropolis in Karaburma: Retrospective and perspective [PDF]
Starinar, 2010 Almost four decades after its discovery was initially announced, the Celtic necropolis in Karaburma, a suburb of Belgrade, is still one of the most important archaeological sites for the interpretation of the historical, economic, and cultural ...
Blečić-Kavur Martina, Kavur Boris
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Ceramics in the burial rites of the Neolithic-Early Bronze Age in the Ukrainian steppe
Documenta Praehistorica, 2010 Numerous Neolithic/Bronze Age burials have provided important information about the appearance and development of the tradition of using pottery in burial rites among the Pontic steppe population.
Nadezhda Kotova, Larissa Spitsyna
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Decorating the Neolithic: an Evaluation of the Use of Plaster in the Enhancement of Daily Life in the Middle Pre-pottery Neolithic B of the Southern Levant [PDF]
, 2012 During the Middle Pre-pottery Neolithic B in the southern Levant the use of lime plaster in both ritual and domestic contexts increased significantly relative to previous periods.
Clarke, Joanne
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Ancient Item Spoilage Ritual Used in Nomadic Burial Rite
Поволжская археология, 2017 The article considers the findings of items in ancient burials which were intentionally spoiled prior to deposition in graves. This tradition was widely spread both in terms of chronology and geography, and therefore cannot be attributed to any ...
Beisenov Arman Z. +1 more
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Fire and memory: transforming place using fire at henge monuments [PDF]
, 2017 Henges — Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age earthwork monuments — often have long life-histories of reuse and rebuilding over generations. At some sites, fire-lighting and the deposition of fire-altered materials played a significant role in certain ...
Younger, Rebecca
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Mortuary Workers, the Church, and the Funeral Trade in Late Antiquity [PDF]
, 2013 Within the city of Constantinople, Constantine organized numerous funeral workers into associations overseen by a bishop, as part of a scheme meant to provide burials for all who needed them within the city.
Bond, Sarah E.
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