Homines, Funera, Astra 3-4 Proceedings of the International Symposium on Funerary Anthropology, '1 Decembrie 1918' University (Alba Iulia, Romania).
Papers focus on two central topics regarding past funerary behaviour in Central and South-Eastern Europe: cremation, and cause and time of death. Six studies relate to prehistory, from the Neolithic to Iron Age. Three more papers focus on the Roman Age and the other four are dedicated to the Medieva...
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| Other Authors / Creators: | Gligor, Mihai. Soficaru, Andrei. |
| Format: | eBook Electronic |
| Language: | English |
| Imprint: | Oxford : Archaeopress, 2023. |
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| Online Access: | Click here for full text at JSTOR |
| Summary: | Papers focus on two central topics regarding past funerary behaviour in Central and South-Eastern Europe: cremation, and cause and time of death. Six studies relate to prehistory, from the Neolithic to Iron Age. Three more papers focus on the Roman Age and the other four are dedicated to the Medieval period. The third volume of the Homines, Funera, Astra series gathers works presented at the third and fourth editions of the International Symposium on Funerary Archaeology: Death and Fire in Ancient Times (15-18 September 2013), and Time and Cause of Death from Prehistory to the Middle Ages (21-23 September 2014), both held at the '1 Decembrie 1918' University in Alba Iulia, Romania. The contributions focus on two central topics regarding past funerary behaviour in Central and South-Eastern Europe: cremation, and cause and time of death. As in previous volumes, interdisciplinarity is a key feature. The study of archaeological contexts through 14C dating and Bayesian modelling, osteological studies including palaeopathologies, and epigraphic and numismatic evidence were all taken into account to establish the various causes of death and/or the moment these tragic events took place. The present volume includes 13 studies, six of which are dedicated to prehistoric funerary practices - dating to the Neolithic and Eneolithic periods (four studies), Bronze Age (one study) and Iron Age (one study). Three more papers are focused on the Roman Age, while the volume is completed with four papers on the Medieval period, overall providing a wealth of new information on funerary behaviour in this part of Europe. |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (188 p.) |
| ISBN: | 9781803275260 180327526X |
| Author Notes: | Mihai Gligor is Professor at the University in Alba Iulia, Romania, focussing on Central and South-Eastern European prehistory, funerary archaeology, archaeometry and experimental archaeology. Andrei Soficaru is a senior researcher at 'Fr. I. Rainer' Institute of Anthropology, Bucharest, Romania. He is PhD coordinator at the University in Alba Iulia, and his research interests centre on osteoarchaeology, paleopathology, migration and demography of ancient populations, and aDNA. Susan Stratton is an archaeological consultant at Archaeology Wales with a PhD on Neolithic and Copper Age burial practices in south-east Europe. |