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Fats, Fire and Bronze Age Funerary Rites: Organic Residue Analysis of Wide Horizontal Rim Vessels From Burial Contexts in Northwest Portugal

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents the first GC‐MS–based analyses of wide horizontal rim vessels with well‐defined funerary contexts, from Middle Bronze Age Portugal (Quinta do Amorim 2 and Pego). Organic residues from two vessels revealed ruminant fats and plant oils, alongside molecular markers of heat exposure.
João Vinícius Back, César Oliveira, Ana M. S. Bettencourt, Hugo Aluai Sampaio, Luciano Vilas Boas, Luís Gonçalves   +5 more
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Morphological and Morphometric Analysis of Animal Hair From 18th Century Burial Sites in Mazamet (Southwest France)

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Morphological and morphometric analysis of archaeological animal hairs offers a nondestructive method to explore past clothing. We examined hair from two 18th‐century burial areas (SP03 and SP04) in Mazamet, France. SP03 specimens exhibited a continuous medulla, a low medullary index (0.2 ± 0.03) and cuticular features suggesting goat or ...
C. Michel, S. Duchesne, F. Bourgailh, F. Callede, C. H. Le Noheh, M.‐L. Merleau, D. Paya, I. Baker, F. Savall, C. Guilbeau‐Frugier   +9 more
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FUNERAL SONGS

Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Musica, 2008
The traditional reformed community has many customs related to the three-day mourning of the dead, the period between the time of death and the time of burial. Musical performances are a crucial part of this mourning period.
Éva PÉTER
doaj  

Identification and Quantification of Volatile Organic Compounds and Bioaerosols in the Conservation Processes of Guanche Mummies

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Guanche mummies, ancient inhabitants of the Canary Islands, represent a significant part of the historical heritage preserved at the Museum of Nature and Archaeology (MUNA) in Tenerife, Spain. These mummies, subjected to artificial conservation practices, are of great interest to conservators seeking to understand their mummification ...
Benigno Sánchez, Maria Cristina Canela, Maria Garcia Morales, Juan Gilaranz, Murilo de Oliveira Souza, Ruth Mª. Rufino García   +5 more
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Navigating the Flames: Comparative Analysis of Cremation Practices in the Roman and Early Medieval Periods at Gbely‐Kojatín (SK) and Přítluky (CZ)

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Cremation became the dominant funerary practice in the Middle Danube Region during the Roman Period (RP) (1st–4th century) and reappeared in the Early Medieval Ages (EMA) (6th/7th–8th century). This study aims to reconstruct differences in cremation conditions from the Gbely‐Kojatín site (Slovakia, RP and EMA) and the Přítluky site (Czech ...
Katarína Hladíková, Anna Pankowská, Marek Hladík, Pavla Kučerová, Rastislav Milovský   +4 more
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An Archaeometric Approach to Reveal Organic Compounds via GC‐MS Analyses of Two Discovered Incense Burners at Daba Al‐Bayah

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study focuses on two terracotta incense burners discovered in the Daba Al‐Bayah necropolis in the Musandam Peninsula (Oman), associated with an Iron Age collective tomb (LCG‐2). Through gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC‐MS), the organic residues preserved within these artifacts were analyzed to investigate their use and ...
Francesco Genchi, Federica Spagnoli, Vittorio Vinciguerra, Stefania Garzoli   +3 more
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ПОХОРОННО-ПОГРЕБАЛЬНАЯ ОБРЯДНОСТЬ У КАЛМЫКОВ: ПОДГОТОВКА ПОКОЙНОГО К ЗАХОРОНЕНИЮ

Oriental Studies, 2018
This article is devoted to funeral rites of the Кalmyks conducted in the period of preparation of the deceased for burial which are based on traditional worldview and Buddhist practice.
Tatyana Isaevna Sharaeva
doaj  

Wari Lithic Technology on the Northern Coast of the Andes: Geochemical, 2D Geometric Morphometric, and Technological Analyses of Obsidian Bifaces From San José de Moro

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines Wari obsidian production in a cache of 39 bifaces found at the Late Moche site of San José de Moro (Jequetepeque Valley, North Coast of Peru, 700–850 ad). Portable X‐ray fluorescence, geometric morphometric, and technological analyses were used to investigate raw material provenance and bifacial production.
Antonio Pérez‐Balarezo, Luis Jaime Castillo, Jalh Dulanto   +2 more
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Researcher Positionality and Relational Power: Playing With ‘Researching Up’ and ‘Researching Down’ in Critical Reflexivity

Area, EarlyView.
Short Abstract This paper draws on the concepts of ‘researching up’ and ‘researching down’, often used to distinguish between relative ‘power over’ or ‘power under’ interlocutors. It suggests that by mobilising these concepts through feminist geography as a relational analytic rather than oppositional categories, we can generate new insights into our ...
Jennifer C. Langill
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‘I Felt Brave’: A Mixed‐Methods Study on Participants' Parental Efficacy After Attending a Parent–Child Programme in a Remote Aboriginal Community

Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Positive parenting and parent–child interaction are keys to children's early life experiences and developmental outcomes. Play to Connect is a short‐term parent–child programme, co‐developed and delivered in partnership with a remote Aboriginal community on the Tiwi Islands in Australia's Northern Territory.
Carolin Stock, Maggie Kerinaiua Punguatji, Aileen Tiparui, Christel van den Boogaard, Carmen Cubillo, Gary Robinson   +5 more
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