ARCHAEOTHANATOLOGY AND FUNERAL ARCHAEOLOGY. APPLICATION TO THE STUDY OF PRIMARY SINGLE BURIALS

In funeral archaeology, to understand a burial is to bear in mind, above all, that skeletons were once corpses. The process by which a corpse is transformed into a skeleton is one of the key questions when excavating burials. Detailed field osteological observations are essential to the restitution...

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Published inAnthropologie (Brno) Vol. 52; no. 3; pp. 235 - 246
Main Authors DUDAY, HENRI, LE MORT, FRANÇOISE, TILLIER, ANNE-MARIE
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Brno Moravian Museum 01.01.2014
Moravian Museum, Anthropos Institute
Anthropos Institute
Subjects
Archaeological excavation
Archaeology
Archaeology and Prehistory
Biological anthropology
Bones
Excavations
Femur
Funerals
Humanities and Social Sciences
ORIGINAL PAPERS • TRAVAUX ORIGINAUX • ORIGINALARBEITEN
Ribs
Rites & ceremonies
Sediments
Skeleton
Tombs
Body decay
Archaeothanatology
Funerary archaeology
Primary deposit
Taphonomy
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Summary:In funeral archaeology, to understand a burial is to bear in mind, above all, that skeletons were once corpses. The process by which a corpse is transformed into a skeleton is one of the key questions when excavating burials. Detailed field osteological observations are essential to the restitution of the environment in which the body decay took place. In this paper, special attention is given to primary deposits, with a presentation of few archaeological examples which document distinct characteristics of the space surrounding the corpse. It is through a multiplication of reflections developed on different sites and contexts that archaeothanatology will refine its analytical methods and widen the scope of its contribution.
ISSN:0323-1119
2570-9127