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Heritage, 2022 Several different types of burial were identified during the excavation of the Roman military cemetery associated with the fort at Birdoswald, on Hadrian’s Wall (UK).
Francesca Gherardi
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Traditional Ngaben or Crematorium Ngaben?
Mimbar Ilmu, 2023 Today, Ngaben as a cremation procession for the Hindu community in Bali is not only in the traditional form, but the cremation procession is also carried out in the crematorium.
I Gede Suwindia , Made Ferry Kurniawan
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Typology and function of Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age cremation graves
Danish Journal of Archaeology, 2014 In Denmark, there has been little focus on characteristic differences between grave types from the transition period between the Late Bronze Age and the Early Iron Age with limited elaboration on the nature of the differences and on chronological ...
Lise Harvig +2 more
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PLoS ONE, 2020 Renewed excavations at the Neolithic site of Beisamoun (Upper Jordan Valley, Israel) has resulted in the discovery of the earliest occurrence of an intentional cremation in the Near East directly dated to 7031-6700 cal BC (Pre-Pottery Neolithic C, also ...
Fanny Bocquentin +8 more
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PLoS ONE, 2021 Changes in funerary practices are key to the understanding of social transformations of past societies. Over the course of the Nordic Bronze Age, funerary practices changed from inhumation to cremation.
Samantha S Reiter +8 more
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A Review of Research Aims for Historical Anatomical Skeletal Collections in the United States. [PDF]
Am J Biol AnthropolABSTRACT Objectives Many osteological methods used by biological anthropologists today were initially developed using historical anatomical skeletal collections such as the Hamann‐Todd and Terry Collections. However, these collections were amassed through state legislation that permitted the dissection and curation of unclaimed individuals.
Simon AM, Passalacqua NV, Hubbe M.
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Build n burn: using fire as a tool to evoke, educate and entertain [PDF]
, 2017 The visceral nature of fire was exploited in the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods in Britain by the burning down of timber buildings and monuments, as well as the cremation of the dead. These big fires would have created memories, perhaps even ‘flashbulb
Brophy, Kenneth +2 more
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A New Tomb from Hadrianopolis in Paphlagonia
Anadolu Araştırmaları, 2022 The surface surveys and excavations performed at Hadrianopolis in Paphlagonia and the surrounding area have unearthed a rich collection of tombs consisting of a cist tomb, chamber tomb, pediment tomb, and a rock-cut tomb. Apart from these tomb types, the
Mevlüt Eliüşük
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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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How might landscapes be better designed to accommodate increasing cremation practices in Europe?
Landscape Online, 2020 Death is one of those universal parameters of life, yet very little attention is given to it in neither the work of planning practitioners nor that of landscape research.
Anna Długozima
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