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Chronological sequence of megalithic burial complexes of the Eneolithic in the Velikaya Aleksandrovka burial mound [PDF]

open access: yesМатериалы по археологии и истории античного и средневекового Причерноморья, 2022
The emergence of the earliest burial mounds in the Eneolithic of the North Pontic steppes (3900/3800—3500/3400 BCE) was accompanied by the construction of the earliest megalithic structures — cromlechs, the circular structures of which consisted of ...
Daragan, M.N.   +2 more
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Medieval sacred monuments on the territory of Halych - Volynian Rus’: the history of research in the 19th and early 20th centuries

open access: yesPrzegląd Archeologiczny, 2022
The article is devoted to the history of the discovery of and research into medieval monuments of sacred architecture and their complexes from the princely Halych and Volhynian territory, carried out during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It reflects
Iryna Lutsyk, Natalia Bulyk
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Bronze age burials within the Morava, Nišava and Timok basins [PDF]

open access: yesStarinar, 2022
Following more than seven decades of research on the Bronze Age cremation burial grounds in the territory of Serbia, the new absolute dates provide us with an opportunity to determine a more precise chronological sequence of different local ...
Kapuran Aleksandar   +2 more
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Purified by fire

open access: yesDocumenta Praehistorica, 2023
The cemetery at Dudka was used in the Mesolithic and Para-Neolithic period. It yielded 25 graves with remains of at least 116 individuals, including 52 who were cremated. Cremation was introduced in the Para-Neolithic, c. 4200 cal BC, and was probably a
Karolina Bugajska
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Prospecting the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Müstair (Switzerland)

open access: yesRemote Sensing, 2021
The Benedictine Convent of Saint John at Müstair is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in the eastern part of Switzerland close to South Tyrol’s border (Italy).
Jona Schlegel   +8 more
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COVID-19 burial guidelines in Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) [PDF]

open access: yesPharos Journal of Theology, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a considerable impact on mundane daily tasks and significant cultural practices, including funerals and burials. Growing up, I observed that death in my family is a well-respected cultural process.
Dr Bulelwa Maphela
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Early Makuria Research Project Excavations at el-Zuma, 2017. Preliminary report [PDF]

open access: yesPolish Archaeology in the Mediterranean, 2017
During the tenth season of excavations at el-Zuma the mission resumed the previously postponed excavation of the last two tunnels beneath tumuli T.1 and T.4. Both tumuli were classified as Type I burials, based on their large size and unique construction.
Mahmoud El-Tayeb
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Premature burial

open access: yesForensic Science, Medicine and Pathology, 2023
AbstractThe fear of being buried alive or taphophobia remains a significant concern for a number of individuals. In previous centuries however, reports of live burials were frequently promulgated in the media fostering an industry focused around the manufacturing and selling of security coffins which either facilitated egress or enabled the recently ...
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Incense burners and altar dishes of the Sargatka Culture [PDF]

open access: yesВестник археологии, антропологии и этнографии, 2021
The paper concerns the so-called incense burners and small altar dishes found in the burial complexes of the Sargatka Culture in the forest-steppe region of the Western Siberia, as well as in the burials of the Cis-Urals nomads of the 4th–2nd c.
Zakh V.A.
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Canine burials from the Roman period on the northern Black Sea coast in the light of materials from the Neyzats cemetery

open access: yesPrzegląd Archeologiczny, 2019
The article tackles the question of the “canine burials” from the northern Black Sea coast area in the light of materials from the Neyzats cemetery (Belogorsky Raion, Crimean peninsula) dated from the 2nd to the 4th century AD. In this necropolis, 22 dog
Beata Polit
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