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Strontium isotope analyses of archaeological cremated remains – new data and perspectives [PDF]

open access: yesData in Brief, 2022
Cremated human remains are commonly found in the archaeological records, especially in Europe during the Metal Ages and the Roman period. Due to the high temperatures reached during cremation (up to 1000°C), most biological information locked in the ...
Christophe Snoeck   +4 more
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The seasonality experiment: Investigating how seasons affect the burning conditions of cremations. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE
This study investigates the influence of seasons and weather conditions on cremation processes, using experimental archaeology and advanced analytical techniques.
Elisavet Stamataki   +4 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Macroscopic and histological analyses of cremated remains from the Imperial Roman necropolis of La Cona (1st cent. BCE-1st cent. CE, Teramo, Italy). [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE
Cremation was one of the most widespread funerary practices between the Bronze Age and Late Antiquity in Mediterranean societies. Despite its archaeological relevance, the analysis of cremated human remains has long been limited by extensive thermal ...
Alessia Galbusera   +10 more
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Genomic insights from a final Bronze Age community buried in a collective tumulus in an Urnfield settlement in Northeastern Iberia [PDF]

open access: yesCommunications Biology
The transition from the Bronze Age (BA) to the Iron Age (IA) on the Northeastern Iberian Peninsula is characterized by the emergence of cremation as the main funerary practice.
Marina Bretos Ezcurra   +11 more
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Human mobility in a Bronze Age Vatya 'urnfield' and the life history of a high-status woman. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2021
In this study, we present osteological and strontium isotope data of 29 individuals (26 cremations and 3 inhumations) from Szigetszentmiklós-Ürgehegy, one of the largest Middle Bronze Age cemeteries in Hungary. The site is located in the northern part of
Claudio Cavazzuti   +9 more
doaj   +2 more sources

About Cremation Burials in the Middle Reaches of the Seversky Donets River

open access: yesПоволжская археология, 2022
The article discusses the presence in the middle reaches of the Seversky Donets River the Khazar burials carried out by the rite of cremation, which are known upstream of the river, within the forest-steppe.
Kravchenko Eduard E.
doaj   +1 more source

Cremation and Christianity in the Lower Daugava Area in the Tenth to the 13th Century: A Case Study Based on Liv Burials in the Ogresgala Čabas Cemetery

open access: yesActa Historica Universitatis Klaipedensis, 2023
This article returns to the question of whether Christianity in Europe in the High Middle Ages necessarily precluded the cremation of corpses. The question is addressed focusing on the Livs, a West Finno-Ugric society, who lived in the east Baltic region,
Rūdolfs Brūzis, Roberts Spirģis
doaj   +1 more source

The effect of COVID-19 lockdown on particulate matters concentration: Case of land use regression difference modeling in Bangkok, Thailand

open access: yesCity and Environment Interactions, 2023
COVID-19 lockdowns around the world led to significant reductions in anthropogenic emissions, especially in developing countries across Asia. Our study, conducted in Bangkok, Thailand presents a more granular picture; while the annual average fine ...
Patanapong Sanghatawatana   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

"BURIAL OR CREMATION?" [PDF]

open access: yesThe Lancet, 1893
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Burrows, George   +6 more
openaire   +2 more sources

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