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Cultural Monolith or Mosaic of Diversity? A Contribution to the Study of Funerary Practices on the South-Western Fringe of Old Prussian Territory

Światowit
For many years, research on the funerary practices of early medieval Old Prussians has focused almost exclusively on evidence from the Sambian Peninsula. Recent discoveries, however, have provided a wealth of new data that enabled the first comprehensive
Ludwika Jończyk
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Mortuary Consumption and the Social Function of Stone Vessels in Early Dynastic Egypt

Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, 2021
This study examines the social functions of stone vessels in Early Dynastic society through a comparison between tomb architecture and the assemblage of stone vessels.
Keita Takenouchi
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Cosmetic Products in Roman Funerary Contexts from Tomis: Preliminary Investigation of their Chemical Composition

Peuce Serie Nouă
A large number of glass vessels were recovered from funerary contexts, during older excavations in the Roman necropolises of Tomis (Constanţa, Romania), conducted by late Dr. Constantin Chera, from the Museum of National History and Archaeology Constanţa.
Alexandra Țârlea, Laurențiu Cliante, Aurelia Paraschiv, Daniela Cristea-Stan, I. Badea, M. Buleandră   +5 more
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The Northern Way: Graves and Funerary Practices in Corded Ware Finland

Praehistorische Zeitschrift, 2020
The Corded Ware complex represents an archaeologically defined culture whose people inhabited large areas of Europe during the third millennium BC. Although Corded Ware graves are known also from Finnish territory – the northernmost area of Corded Ware ...
Marja Ahola, V. Heyd
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Small Bowls and Saltcellars in Funerary Rite of Volna 1 Necropolis

Stratum plus. Archaeology and Cultural Anthropology
The article analyzes a complex of miniature bowls and saltcellars from the end of the 6th to the middle of the 3rd cen­tury BC, found in 172 burials from the necropolis of the Volna 1 settlement.
Tatyana Egorova, N. Sudarev, Aleksandr Berlizov   +2 more
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Reviving vessels: Deconstruction of the khachkar in late medieval tombstone imagery

ARAMAZD: Armenian Journal of Near Eastern Studies
This study explores the symbolic deconstruction of the classical Armenian khachkar within late medieval tombstone imagery, focusing on the migration of core generative motifs – especially the vessel – into new narrative contexts.
L. Abrahamian
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CERAMIC VESSELS WITH HANDLES FROM THE SITES OF THE AFANASYEVO CULTURE IN THE ALTAI MOUNTAINS

Preservation and study of the cultural heritage of the Altai Territory
The article is devoted to the results of the study of ceramic vessels with handles from the funerary sites of the Afanasyevo culture in the Altai Mountains.
Moroz Yu.
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HOARDS IN TRANSITION: CONTEXTUALIZING THE DEPOSITION OF BRONZE VESSELS IN FINAL PALATIAL KNOSSOS

Oxford Journal of Archaeology
Deposits of bronze objects uncovered by A.J. Evans at Knossos are commonly considered hoards and attributed to the Neopalatial period. This article presents a stratigraphical and typological study, contextualizing the deposits within Crete and beyond ...
E. Oddo
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Covering the Deceased’s Heads with Pottery Vessels: Insight from Late and Ptolemaic Period Necropolis in Saqqara West

Études et Travaux
Among the more than 700 burials of the Late and Ptolemaic periods discovered by the Polish-Egyptian Archaeological Mission in Saqqara West, in the case of two burials the heads of the deceased were covered, respectively, with a vessel and half a vessel ...
M. Radomska
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Traditional Set of Black-Glazed Vessels in Greek Burial Complexes of the Asian Bosporus of the Late 6th — Late 4th Centuries BC (Based on the Materials from the Volna 1 Necropolis)

Stratum plus. Archaeology and Cultural Anthropology
The article compares a collection of black-glazed pottery from 175 burials and funerary complexes in the necropolis of the Volna 1 settlement, located in the south-western part of the Taman Peninsula (excavations of 2015 and 2016).
Tatyana Egorova
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