Direct evidence of the use of multiple drugs in Bronze Age Menorca (Western Mediterranean) from human hair analysis [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 Human hair dated to Late Prehistory is exceedingly rare in the Western Mediterranean. Archaeological excavations in the Bronze Age burial and cult cave of Es Càrritx, in Menorca (Balearic Islands) provided some human hair strands involved in a singular ...
E. Guerra-Doce +5 more
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Return to Nature: Sacred Plants in the Azerin Funerary Rite of Candomblé Nação Angola [PDF]
PlantsDuring the transatlantic diaspora, enslaved Africans brought cultural and religious elements to Brazil, such as Candomblé, that deeply influenced local society.
Thaís Salatiel de Azevedo +2 more
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Child burials in domestic contexts at an Iron Age hillfort: The Oppidum of Monte Bernorio (Villarén, Palencia) [PDF]
Munibe Antropologia-Arkeologia, 2021 The practice of child burials underneath house floors in the Late Prehistory has been considered a characteristic trait of the Iberian religion. However, this custom has also been documented in different archaeological sites both in the Mediterranean ...
Silvia Carnicero-Cáceres +1 more
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Discontinuity of Funerary Rites in Late Praehistory of the Central Balkans
Etnoantropološki Problemi, 2017 Starting from the fact that the present knowledge of the late praehistory of the Central Balkans is based almost exclusively upon interpretations of funerary remains, the aim of this paper is to investigate the theoretical premises of the archaeological ...
Zorica Kuzmanović
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Transformation of the Funeral Rite of the Peoples of Central Asia on the Territory of North India During the Early Iron Age [PDF]
Гуманитарный вектор, 2022 The article is dedicated to the historiographical analysis of the transformation of funeral rite of the Pamir Sakas, Yuezhi, Indo-Scythians and Kushans in the process of their migration from Central Asia to the territory of Northern India.
Transformation of the Funeral Rite of the Peoples of Central Asia on the Territory of North India During the Early Iron Age
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Zoroastrian Funerary Vessels from South Kazakhstan
Поволжская археология, 2020 The paper describes two ceramic funerary vessels from Southern Kazakhstan. The first one is an oval elongated ossuary (solid, with no lid or ornamentation, on legs), discovered in the middle reaches of the Arys river.
Baitanayev Bauyrzhan A. +1 more
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طقسة بتر ساق العجل في مصر القديمة [PDF]
Journal of General Union of Arab Archaeologists, 2016 There is a general consensus among researchers that the wHm sign in hieroglyph does indeed represent an ox leg as was initially proposed by Alan Gardiner. However, this explanation raises several questions regarding the sign's true origin, as there is no
Dr.Emad Ahmed Ibrahim El Sayyad
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Non-Islamic Burials in the territory of the Kyrk-Azizler Muslim Burial Ground
Археология евразийских степей, 2021 Kyrk-Azizler burial ground is located on the northern outskirts of the city of Bakhchisaray. This necropolis is well known from written sources and the studies of the early twentieth century.
Maksim Yu. Menshikov +1 more
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Pottery Function, Dining and Funerary Assemblages. A comparative study from northern Gaul
Internet Archaeology, 2018 Organisation of vessels in the grave, in Ostrevant, Bavay and Wanzoul Pottery in northern Gaul represents, in terms of types and number, the largest component of funerary offerings.
Alice Dananai, Xavier Deru
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How is Archaeology of Religion Possible?
Etnoantropološki Problemi, 2020 The text discusses the epistemological problems and dilemmas of the attempts to study religious life in prehistory by archaeological means. Among numerous difficulties, theoretical as well as practical, hindering these attempts, a general problem is ...
Zorica Kuzmanović
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