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D(is) M(anibus) S(acrum) – AN OVERVIEW OF FUNERARY BEHAVIOURS ON THE TERRITORY OF PRESENT-DAY SWITZERLAND FROM LATE PROTOHISTORY TO EARLY MEDIEVAL TIMES THROUGH THE STUDY OF MATERIAL REMAINS, TEXTUAL SOURCES AND FUNERARY INSCRIPTIONS

Journal of Ancient History and Archaeology, 2021
The present article focuses on funerary behaviours on the territory of present-day Switzerland from the end of the protohistoric period to the early Middle Ages.
Tobias Hofstetter
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Frozen graves of Yakutia, a chronological sequence [PDF]

Вестник археологии, антропологии и этнографии, 2020
Distribution, cultural and chronological attribution of frozen graves of Yakutia between the beginning of 17th and end of 19th century. The funerary rites and the artefacts allow to differentiate four chrono-cultural periods (before 1700 AD, from 1700 to
Duchesne S. , Bravina R. , Popov V. , Kolodeznikov S. , Gérard P. , Myglan V. , Hochstrasser-Petit Ch. , Romanova L. , Petit M. , Kirianov N. , Alexeev A. , Alekseeva L. , Riberon A. , Crubézy E.   +13 more
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Enterramientos infantiles en las necrópolis tardoantiguas y medievales de Humanejos (Parla, Madrid) [PDF]

Munibe Antropologia-Arkeologia, 2019
A continuación se presentan los resultados relativos a las tumbas con individuos no-adultos halladas en tres necrópolis del yacimiento de Humanejos (Parla, Madrid): la más antigua datada en época tardoantigua, otra medieval islámica y una tercera ...
Ana Mercedes Herrero Corral, Gloria Ojalvo de Miguel, David Urquiaga Cela, Raúl Flores Fernández, Armando González Martín   +4 more
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Man against death: Identity, language, technology

RUDN journal of Sociology, 2023
The article is a review of the book by D. Davies Death, Ritual, and Belief: The Rhetoric of Funerary Rites (Moscow: NLO, 2022. 480 p.). The author notes the growing interest of society in the phenomenon of death and makes an attempt to systematize the ...
M. V. Subbotina
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Investigating Social Exclusion in Late Prehistoric Italy: Preliminary Results of the ‘‘IN or OUT’’ Project (PHASE 1) [PDF]

, 2014
This report presents the preliminary results of the ‘‘IN or OUT’’ Project, a collaborative, interdisciplinary effort which aims to investigate social exclusion, marginality and the adoption of anomalous funerary rites in late prehistoric Italy.
Perego, E, Saracino, M, Zamboni, L, Zanoni, V   +3 more
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Tressed for Death in Early Anglo-Saxon England

Internet Archaeology, 2016
A study of hair ornament and styling for funerary rites in Early Anglo-Saxon England. Practices varied between cemeteries and across England in terms of the frequency and character of grooming implements' deposition with the cremated dead.
Howard Williams
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Polyneices’ Body and His Monument: Class, Social Status, and Funerary Commemoration in Sophocles’ Antigone [PDF]

, 2006
There has been much debate about the role of Greek tragedy in questioning and/or affirming values. This paper addresses the broader relationship between theater and society in terms of the ways in which the dead were commemorated in fifth-century Athens.
David Roselli
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Practicalities of Grief and Commemoration: Accounting for Variation in Cremation Practices in Africa Proconsularis

Antiquités Africaines, 2021
As the practice of cremation spread throughout Africa Proconsularis, several localities developed distinctive mortuary customs. Examining three commonly-recognized stages of ritual interaction at these graves (the cremation, the burial, and post-funerary
Jennifer P. Moore, Lea M. Stirling
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Axes in the Funerary Ceremonies of the Northern Pontic Scythians

Arts, 2023
Axes were rare among the Scythians but are occasionally found in Scythian kurgans. Like other weapons, axes had practical as well as social and religious roles.
Marina Daragan, Sergei Polin
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Opium trade and use during the Late Bronze Age: Organic residue analysis of ceramic vessels from the burials of Tel Yehud, Israel

Archaeometry, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract Organic residue analysis was conducted on various vessels from burials at Tel Yehud, Israel. The analyses led to new reliable evidence for the presence of opioid alkaloids and their decomposition products. This research revitalizes a decades‐old discussion on the presence and function of the opium trade across a cultural region of utmost ...
Vanessa Linares, Eriola Jakoel, Ron Be’eri, Oded Lipschits, Ronny Neumann, Yuval Gadot   +5 more
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