Teak Log Coffins in Northwest Thailand: Dated by Dendrochronology and 14Cwiggle Matching [PDF]
Applied Environmental Research, 2015 Log coffins have been discovered in caves and rockshelters in the Pang Ma Pha district, Mae Hong Son province, Northwestern Thailand. Most are made of teak wood. Many researchers have used the 14C method to determine their age.
Nathsuda Pumijumnong, Sineenart Wannasri
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Genomic portrait and relatedness patterns of the Iron Age Log Coffin culture in northwestern Thailand [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2023 The Iron Age of highland Pang Mapha, northwestern Thailand, is characterised by a mortuary practice known as Log Coffin culture. Dating between 2300 and 1000 years ago, large coffins carved from individual teak trees have been discovered in over 40 caves
Selina Carlhoff +7 more
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The Early Bronze Age Log Coffin Burials of Britain: The Origins and Development of a Burial Rite(s) [PDF]
Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, 2023 This paper describes the results from a project to obtain radiocarbon determinations from Early Bronze Age log coffin burials. Log coffins have been recognised as a burial tradition since antiquarian excavations uncovered the first examples. However, comparatively few are associated with radiocarbon determinations and many old determinations are very ...
Jones, AM, Griffiths, S, Brunning, R
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Fungal Communities Associated with Wooden Coffins in a Prehistoric Burial Cave [PDF]
Journal of FungiPhi Man Long Long Rak Cave, located in Mae Hong Son Province, northern Thailand, is a prehistoric burial site containing ancient wooden coffins that have undergone biodeterioration, likely due to fungal activity.
Nantana Mills +10 more
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Wooden Coffins Discovered During Excavations in Moscow Theological Academy in 2014
Поволжская археология, 2016 The article deals with results of excavations 2014 in Moscow Theological Academy’s necropolis where 37 different funerary complexes were investigated. Among other findings, several wooden coffins were studied.
Vasilieva Elena E.
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Yorkshire Archaeological Journal, 2017 This paper presents the results of the re-analysis and dating of skeletal material from two Early Bronze Age barrows in the east of Yorkshire, which contained log coffin burials. Towthorpe 139, which was investigated in the nineteenth century by the antiquarian JR Mortimer and Willie Howe, Cowlam which was excavated by TCM Brewster in the 1960s ...
Andy Jones
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APPLICATION OF CONSUMER–LEVEL UAV PHOTOGRAMMETRY IN DIGITAL SURVEY OF CLIFF-BURIAL CULTURE RELICS: A CASE STUDY OF MOUNT WUYI [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2022 The cliff-burial was an ancient funerary ritual once popular in the Far East Asia (Figure 1), in which the dead were buried high on the cliffs with log coffins (the “hanging coffins”) left in the natural caves, excavated grottoes or on some wood piles.In
Z. Lin +5 more
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Ancient DNA Reveals Limited Hunter-Gatherer Ancestry in the Cerny Culture (Middle Neolithic, France) Despite Hunting-Associated Practices. [PDF]
Am J Biol AnthropolABSTRACT The arrival of the Neolithic way of life in Europe is associated with the migration of Anatolian farmers and their admixture with local hunter‐gatherers. In the Paris Basin (Northern France), the Middle Neolithic Cerny culture (4700–4300 bce) combines agricultural practices with funerary items linked to hunting, suggesting a particular ...
Sauvage J +10 more
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Environmental Impact of Silicic Magmatism in Large Igneous Province Events
Geophysical Monograph Series, Page 133-151., 2021 Exploring the links between Large Igneous Provinces and dramatic environmental impact
An emerging consensus suggests that Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) and Silicic LIPs (SLIPs) are a significant driver of dramatic global environmental and biological changes, including mass extinctions.
Scott E. Bryan
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On the Curious Date of the Rylstone Log-Coffin Burial [PDF]
Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, 2016 Radiocarbon dates have been obtained from a log-coffin burial excavated in 1864 by Canon William Greenwell from a ditched round barrow at Scale House, near Rylstone, North Yorkshire. The oak tree-trunk coffin had contained an extended body wrapped in a wool textile. The body had entirely decayed and there were no other extant grave goods.
Melton, Nigel D. +4 more
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