Pottery spilled the beans: Patterns in the processing and consumption of dietary lipids in Central Germany from the Early Neolithic to the Bronze Age. [PDF]
PLoS OneThe need to better understand economic change and the social uses of long-ago established pottery types to prepare and consume food has led to the study of 124 distinct ceramic vessels from 17 settlement and funerary sites in Central Germany (present day
Breu A +5 more
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Funerary vs. domestic vessels from the Hallstatt period. A study on ceramic vases from the Milejowice settlement and the Domasław cemetery. [PDF]
Sci RepClay vessels have a wide variety of functions in social activities in the Hallstatt period. In addition to food storage and processing, they were used for ritual purposes and as funerary vessels.
Rosiak A +4 more
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Serving the living and the dead: An integrated approach to Copper Age ceramic production and cultural dynamics in Campania, Southern Italy. [PDF]
PLoS OneThis study explores the contribution of large scale integrated pottery analysis to the definition of broader cultural processes and, more specifically, highlights for the first time changes in the role and demand for ceramic objects during the Copper Age
De Falco M +4 more
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Coarse ware jugs in funerary context: technical and functional observations on the pottery from the cemeteries at Alburnus Maior [PDF]
Cercetări Arheologice, 2023 This study analyses a specific category of Roman ceramic vessels identified in the funerary inventories from Alburnus Maior: 26 coarse ware jugs present in the graves from the cemeteries at Tăul Corna, Tăul Găuri – Hop, Tăul Secuilor/Pârâul Porcului and ...
Silvia Mustață
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Céramique inédite d’époque punique de Moknine et de Smirat (Tunisie)
Antiquités Africaines, 2023 The Punic presence in Moknine and Smirat is attested exclusively by funerary remains. Rescue excavations between 1987 and 2001 led to the recovery of 38 ceramic vessels in two hypogeum tombs at Moknine and three at Smirat.
Yamen Sghaïer
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Swedish Journal of Romanian Studies, 2022 The socio-anthropological approach to the funerary practices proves a tight connection between the religious beliefs and the funerary practices. However, it is hard to be evidenced only through the funerary discoveries most of the time.
Simona Lazăr
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Los frisos antropomorfos en la cerámica funeraria de La Aguada de la Colección Muñiz Barreto
Estudios Atacameños, 2002 Se analizan los frisos antropomorfos presentes en vasijas funerarias del cementerio de La Aguada Orilla Norte (Catamarca, Argentina). La muestra forma parte de la Colección Muñiz Barreto depositada en el Museo de La Plata. Asimismo, se realiza un estudio
Bárbara Balesta, Nora Zagorodny
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Open Archaeology, 2023 Investigation into the utilitarian function of mortuary vessels is often a neglected aspect of ceramic examination. Since, in most cases, a direct link can be assumed between the vessels’ size, form, and most optimal utilitarian function, morphometry ...
Solnay Eszter
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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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Arheologia Moldovei, 2022 This short contribution presents a number of 28 fragments of glass discovered in the barrow cemeteries at the Nemțișor and Târzia villages (Neamț County).
Sever-Petru Boțan
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