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The Perseverance of Archaeology: New Data from a Rescue Investigation at Triq Fejġel in Rabat and its Contribution to the Punic and Roman Maltese Funerary Context

Open Archaeology, 2021
The Maltese funerary context during the Punic and Roman times is documented from discoveries and archaeological reports primarily from the twentieth century.
Borda Kevin, Mercieca-Spiteri Bernardette, Spadaro Paolo, Veca Carlo   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

How to Cope with the Dead in Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology. New Sources, Approaches, and Comparative Perspectives in the Light of a Recent Publication

Asia Anteriore Antica, 2020
Death remains a fascinating and challenging issue for archaeological research. Sometimes, however, it is astonishing how rationally and unemotionally archaeologists and anthropologists approach it.
Dominik Bonatz
doaj   +1 more source

Pratiques funéraires des populations du second âge du Fer en Gaule : nouvelles perspectives de recherche et études préliminaires de cas champenois et normands

Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d’Anthropologie de Paris
Recent methodological advances in archaeology, and preventive archaeology in particular, have prompted new interest in studies of Iron Age societies through their funerary practices.
Elodie Caserta, Lola Bonnabel, Gaëlle Granier   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

La démarche archéo-anthropologique dans la nécropole hellénistique de Plinthine

Archéopages, 2010
In the region of Lake Mariut, to the west of Alexandria, stands the town of Plinthine. Definitely abandoned at the end of the Hellenistic period, it has remained in a good state of preservation ever since.
Marie-Françoise Boussac, Patrice Georges   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

“Hidden” Landscape of Prehistoric Burial Monuments: The Use of Remote Sensing in the Detection of Neolithic Long Barrows in Bohemia (Czech Republic)

Archaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Neolithic long barrows are among the earliest monumental structures in Europe, yet in many parts of Central Europe their surface expression has been largely erased by long‐term agricultural activity. This study evaluates the potential of integrated remote sensing approaches for identifying and contextualizing long barrows and associated ...
Petr Krištuf, Tomáš Kroupa, Peter Milo, Jan Havelka, Jan Turek, Martin Gojda   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

« Entrer dans l’immobilité » : les défunts en position assise du second âge du Fer

Gallia, 2017
The discovery of buried deceased in an atypical position is a standard feature in funerary archaeology and can refer to a kind of banishment, relegation, symbolic punishment.
Valérie Delattre, Laure Pecqueur
doaj   +1 more source

Multi‐Method Geophysical Surveys Between and Around the Kerlescan and the Manio Megalithic Alignments in Carnac (Morbihan, France)

Archaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Carnac alignments in Morbihan (France) are among the most famous Neolithic sites of the world. Paradoxically, they have benefited little from a thorough renewal of archaeological data over the past century. There are many reasons for this, but it is mainly because the site has been regarded more as a monument to visit and protect than as ...
Guillaume Bruniaux, Vivien Mathé, Olivier Agogué, Sylvia Lopez, Philippe Paillou, Reena Perschke, Vincent Ard   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

In search of past identities

Documenta Praehistorica, 2011
This paper discuses the conceptualisation of ‘partible’ and ‘permeable’ dividual personhood in archaeology. It focuses on flows of substances as media which produce relations with others and are used in altering the composition of the person according to
Mihael Budja
doaj   +1 more source

A Geomorphometric Approach to Estimate the Deterioration of Earthen Archaeological Sites by Rainfall and Diffusion Processes: The Huaca Chornancap (Eighth–14th Century ad), Lambayeque, Peru

Archaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rain‐induced erosion processes can severely damage Earthen archaeological sites. Huaca Chornancap (HCH; eighth–14th century ad) is a platform located in the Lambayeque region (Peru) exposed to seasonal rain due to El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO).
Luigi Magnini, Maria Ilaria Pannaccione Apa, Robert Gutiérrez Cachay, Marco Fernández Manayalle, Carlos Eduardo Wester La Torre, Guido Ventura   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Review of Bioarcheological Investigations in Iron Age Cambodia

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Archeological research within Cambodia is quite extensive, with significant projects led by both Cambodian archeologists and international researchers alike. Many of these projects have uncovered human skeletal remains. This article reviews archeological human skeletal studies in Cambodia, synthesizing published and unpublished data, primarily
Sophorn Nhoem, Kate Domett, Nigel Chang
wiley   +1 more source