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Pottery from Tell el-Murra Graves
Studies in Ancient Art and Civilization, 2014 Excavations conducted at the Tell el-Murra cemetery in seasons 2011 and 2012 revealed five graves with pottery assemblages. Grave no. 3 contained pottery vessels which could be dated to the end of the Naqada IIIB period.
Magdalena Kazimierczak
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Archaeological Prospection, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Burial mounds are key elements of Mediterranean funerary landscapes, but in intensively cultivated coastal plains their low‐relief expression is easily obscured by ploughing, levelling and rapidly changing surface conditions, making single‐date observations unreliable.
Salvatore Polverino +2 more
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Funerary heritage tourism: definitions and principles
Revista Murciana de Antropología, 2021 In many major cities, the ‘first’ nineteenth-century cemetery is increasingly the focus of cemetery tourism. This paper recognises ‘funerary heritage’ as an associated but separate development.
Julie Rugg
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Archaeological Prospection, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper presents the results of an integrated archaeological and geophysical investigation conducted between 2018 and 2024 at the newly discovered Picenian and Roman necropolis of Contrada Nevola (Corinaldo, Marche, Central Italy), identified in the framework of development‐led archaeology. The research strategy combined aerial photography,
Federica Boschi
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Archaeology and the Public Perception of a Soviet Prisoner of War Cemetery
Internet ArchaeologyBetween July 2021 and November 2022, the federal archaeological office of Bremen (Landesarchäologie) excavated the site of a former cemetery for Soviet Prisoners of War (POW) and forced labourers. The remains had officially been reinterred at an honorary
Uta Halle, Cathrin Hähn
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Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management, 2023 Cemetery landscapes are austere and generally require maintenance. The materials and equipment used for maintenance emit greenhouse gases (GHGs). This research aimed to quantify the annual GHG emissions and global warming potential (GWP) indices of ...
Yang Liu +8 more
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Archaeological Prospection, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Coëby Neolithic cemetery, located in the commune of Trédion (Morbihan, France) and discovered in 1986, has been for several years the subject of a research programme focused on studying the various megalithic structures present. The spatial distribution of these remains highlights an unusual occupation of the territory, organized according
Philippe Gouézin, Vivien Mathé
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Archaeometry, EarlyView., 2022 Abstract Organic residue analysis was conducted on various vessels from burials at Tel Yehud, Israel. The analyses led to new reliable evidence for the presence of opioid alkaloids and their decomposition products. This research revitalizes a decades‐old discussion on the presence and function of the opium trade across a cultural region of utmost ...
Vanessa Linares +5 more
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Une curieuse inscription découverte à Avgvstodvnvm (Autun – Saône-et-Loire)
Revue Archéologique de l’Est, 2007 During an evaluation carried out in 2005 on the eastern periphery of Autun, funerary vestiges relating to one of the three known late Roman cemeteries were discovered.
Yannick Labaune, Yann Le Bohec
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The Great Cemetery in Riga marks 250 years
Akadēmiskā Dzīve, 2023 In 2023, one of Latvia’s most historically significant cemeteries, the Great Cemetery in Riga, marked its 250th anniversary. For two and a half centuries, this cemetery was the burial place of the most important figures in Latvian history, but during ...
Juris Millers
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