Restless corpses: ‘secondary burial’ in the Babenberg and Habsburg dynasties

The historically documented burial samples of the Babenberg and Habsburg dynasties allow a detailed analysis of the circumstances that led to dismemberment, evisceration, disturbance, exhumation and reburial over a millennium. The results may provide deeper and more broadly applicable insights into...

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Published inAntiquity Vol. 75; no. 290; pp. 769 - 780
Main Author Weiss-Krejci, Estella
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.12.2001
Portland Press
Subjects
Analysis
Archaeological research
Archaeology
Austria
Babenberg
Burial
Cults, religions and funeral rites
Ethnology and art
European history
Excavations (Archaeology)
formation processes
Funerals
Germany
Habsburg
Habsburg Empire
Historic artifacts
History
Maya
Mayas
Methodology and general studies
mortuary behaviour
Mortuary customs
Prehistory and protohistory
Rites & ceremonies
Rites, ceremonies and celebrations
Ritual
Royalty
secondary burial
Maya
Central America
Europe
Maya
Babenberg
secondary burial
formation processes
Habsburg
mortuary behaviour
Monastery
Burial
Collective burial
Architecture
Particular rite
Age at death
Secondary burial
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Summary:The historically documented burial samples of the Babenberg and Habsburg dynasties allow a detailed analysis of the circumstances that led to dismemberment, evisceration, disturbance, exhumation and reburial over a millennium. The results may provide deeper and more broadly applicable insights into relevant cultural formation processes of élite burials.
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ISSN:0003-598X
1745-1744
DOI:10.1017/S0003598X00089274