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Navigating the Flames: Comparative Analysis of Cremation Practices in the Roman and Early Medieval Periods at Gbely‐Kojatín (SK) and Přítluky (CZ)

open access: yesArchaeometry, Volume 68, Issue 4, Page 818-830, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Cremation became the dominant funerary practice in the Middle Danube Region during the Roman Period (RP) (1st–4th century) and reappeared in the Early Medieval Ages (EMA) (6th/7th–8th century). This study aims to reconstruct differences in cremation conditions from the Gbely‐Kojatín site (Slovakia, RP and EMA) and the Přítluky site (Czech ...
Katarína Hladíková   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mortuary caves and the dammar trade in the Towuti-Routa region, Sulawesi, in an Island southeast Asian context [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Archaeological evidence from survey and cave excavation in the Towuti–Routa region of Sulawesi suggests the following sequence of late Holocene cultural change.
Fenner, Jack   +8 more
core   +1 more source

Ethnoarchaeology of Mortuary Practices

open access: yesRevista de Arqueología Americana
Death is not the end, but rather a beginning. Drawing on historical sources and ethnographic fieldwork with the Wayana Indigenous People of French Guiana, this essay explores the interrelationships embodied during mortuary practices and personal treatment of the dead.
openaire   +1 more source

Carnosine‐Related Metabolism in Rat Cardiomyocytes and Human Heart Tissue

open access: yesThe FASEB Journal, Volume 40, Issue 14, 31 July 2026.
Carnosine‐related metabolism in rat cardiomyocytes and human heart tissue. Jade V Creighton, Lívia de Souza Gonçalves, Saulo Gil, Bianca Scigliano Vargas, Leonardo Jensen, Marisa Helena Gennari de Medeiros, Hamilton Roschel, Mark D Turner, Craig L Doig, Guilherme Giannini Artioli, Craig Sale.
Jade V. Creighton   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Microbial contamination and tissue procurement location: A conventional operating room is not mandatory. An observational study.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2019
BackgroundStandard operating rooms (SOR) are assumed to be the best place to prevent microbial contamination when performing tissue procurement. However, mobilizing an operating room is time and cost consuming if no organ retrieval is performed.
Benjamin Louart   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Animals, Identity and Cosmology: Mortuary Practice in Early Medieval Eastern England [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The inclusion of animal remains in funerary contexts was a routine feature of Anglo-Saxon cremation ritual, and less frequently of inhumations, until the introduction of Christianity during the 7th century.
Rainsford, Clare E.
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Mortuary Caves and the Dammar Trade in the Towuti–Routa Region, Sulawesi, in an Island Southeast Asian Context [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Archaeological evidence from survey and cave excavation in the Towuti–Routa region of Sulawesi suggests the following sequence of late Holocene cultural change.
Fenner, Jack N.   +8 more
core  

All mixed up: Investigating mortuary practice and processes of disarticulation through integrated histotaphonomic analysis at the Knowe of Rowiegar, Neolithic chambered cairn, Orkney, UK [PDF]

open access: yes
The Neolithic site of the Knowe of Rowiegar chambered cairn, Orkney, was excavated in 1937 as part of a campaign that saw the excavation of various chamber cairns on the island of Rousay, Orkney (Davidson & Henshall, 1989).
Crozier, Rebecca   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Investigating mortuary services in hospital settings [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Changes to the retention of human tissues and Department of Health guidance on good practice have resulted in the extension of the role of Anatomical Pathology Technologists (APTs).
Komaromy, Carol, Woodthorpe, Kate
core  

The evolution of cultural diversity in Pama-Nyungan Australia

open access: yesHumanities & Social Sciences Communications
Explaining the processes that produce cultural diversity has long been a focus of anthropological study. Whilst linguistic diversity has frequently been shown to be associated with population splitting during migrations, much less is known about the ...
Duncan Learmouth   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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