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On the Origin of the Wooden Coffin in Late Bronze Age Greece

The Annual of the British School at Athens, 1982
During the last three decades, wooden coffins have come to light in increasing numbers in graves of the earlier phases of the Late Minoan period, especially in the area of Knossos. When their form and dimensions can be discerned, they often belong to a type that is or imitates a chest for household use.
Robin Hägg, Franciska Sieurin
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Two wooden coffins from the Shakhoura Necropolis, Bahrain

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 2004
This article presents a detailed analysis of two wooden coffins from the 1st centuries BC/AD on Bahrain. New C14 dates are published of samples taken from the coffins, and their method of manufacture is reconstructed. The unexpected conservation of wood in a humid environment like Bahrain is explained.
Tengberg, Margareta   +3 more
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Guyaguk and the Development of the Wooden Coffin and Wooden Chamber Burials of the Gimhae Region in the Proto-Three Kingdoms Period

Central Institute of Cultural Heritage, 2022
In the Gimhae region, wooden coffin burials first began to be constructed around the late second to early first century BCE (when archaic style wajil pottery first came to be used in the Yeongnam region) in a social context in which dolmen burials were still being used.
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Wooden Coffin Tombs Group of Jin·Byeonhan seen as Prestige goods

The Yeongnam Archaeological Society
This article examines one aspect of the wooden coffin tomb group that has changed over time, focusing on the premise that prestige goods is a key indicator reflecting the identity and political and economic status of the wooden coffin tomb group. First, considering the distribution of wooden coffin tombs and natural and geographical conditions, 14 ...
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An Early Bronze Age Burial in a Boat-shaped Wooden Coffin from North-east Yorkshire

Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, 1949
In 1937 the writers, with the help of members of the technical staff of I.C.I., Billingham, and of a W.E.A. Class on local prehistory, excavated Loose Howe, a large round barrow which, as shown on the Map (Fig. 1), stands above the head of Rosedale almost at the centre of the Eastern Moorlands of Yorkshire.Permission to excavate was kindly granted by ...
H. W. Elgee, F. Elgee
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Transition from dolmen society to wooden coffin tomb society

The Yeongnam Archaeological Society
The biggest difference between the dolmen society and the wooden coffin tomb society is the existence of the dolmen. Since dolmen is a strategy to lead an agricultural society, the absence of dolmen means entry into a new society. In this review, the tombs in the Yeongnam region were comprehensively reviewed to identify the transition pattern.
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A Preliminary Study on Wooden Coffins in the Late Silla Burial System

The Paek-San Society
This study examines wooden-coffin structures and phased changes in coffin fittings in late Silla tombs based on excavated hardware. The results show that late Silla mortuary practice was not reducible to direct interment on stone-built biers; wooden-coffin burial coexisted with it as a dual system, despite regional variation.
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