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Entomological Evidence Reveals Burial Practices of Three Mummified Bodies Preserved in Northeast Italy

Heritage
Funerary archaeoentomology is the discipline that studies insects and other arthropods in archaeological contexts, with a particular focus on the funerary domain.
Giuseppina Carta, Omar Larentis, Enrica Tonina, Ilaria Gorini, Stefano Vanin   +4 more
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The key image of interpretation of funerary rituals A study of ancient Egyptian iconography

Estudios de Teoría Literaria, 2022
In Pharaonic Egypt, the funerary context constitutes a material structure to ensure the life in the Hereafter not only to the deceased, but to the whole community, since it perpetuates its values and behavior patterns through the ritual practices.
Silvana Lorena Yomaha, Victoria Celeste Romero   +1 more
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Un ensemble funéraire du Haut-Empire le long de la voie de l’Océan (Lyon 9e)

Revue Archéologique de l’Est, 2010
The cemetery discovered at 30-32 rue de Bourgogne in the Vaise plain at Lyon was in fact located along the “Ocean” Roman Road, part of which has also been discovered.
Aurore Schmitt, Michèle Monin, Éric Bertrand, Emma Bouvard, Stéphane Carrara, Stéphane Gaillot, Stéphane Rottier, Thierry Argant   +7 more
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Cortical bone distribution in the human mandibular symphysis: Ontogenic and morphometric approaches in archeological context

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The human mandibular symphysis concentrates multiaxial loads during function and remodels throughout growth, but the precise mechanisms underlying cortical bone shape during growth remain relatively unexplored. Approaches based solely on thickness or external cortical contours provide only partial insights and do not capture the functional ...
Ana Ribeiro, Elsa Garot, Christine Couture, Pierre‐Hadrien Decaup   +3 more
wiley   +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

What is 'Jewish' about Jewish art? Art and identity on late ancient sarcophagi from Rome [PDF]

, 2017
A paper delivered at in the 2017 Colloquia of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Considers how a group of sarcophagi from the Jewish catacombs of Rome reflect on the subject of Jewish art and Jewish patrons in Late ...
Sean Burrus
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Narratives for Lengyel funerary practice

, 2020
In diesem dem Andenken an István Zalai-Gaál gewidmeten Beitrag werden modellhaft geschätzte Daten für die typologische Abfolge der Lengyel Grabkeramik aus Westungarn, Ostösterreich und der Südwestslowakei vorgeschlagen. Er ist eine Weiterführung der Datierungs- und Modellentwicklung, die mit dem Projekt The Times of Their Lives (TOTL), welches der ...
Regenye, Judit, Bánffy, Eszter, Demján, Peter, Ebert, Julia, Osztás, Anett, Bronk Ramsey, Christopher, Dunbar, Elaine, Friedrich, Ronny, Bayliss, Alexandra, Beavan, Nancy, Gaydarska, Bisserka, Whittle, Alasdair   +11 more
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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

The social landscape of death: a theoretical perspective on funerary practices in Post-Medieval Portugal

Antropologia Portuguesa
Funerary practices and burial sites offer valuable insights into how societies conceptualize death and an enhanced perspective on communities' social, economic, and cultural contexts.
Nathalie Antunes-Ferreira
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