Homines, Funera, Astra 3-4: The Multiple Faces of Death and Burial
Proceedings of the International Symposium on Funerary Anthropology, ‘1 Decembrie 1918’ University (Alba Iulia, Romania)
Edited by Raluca Kogălniceanu Edited by Mihai Gligor Edited by Andrei Soficaru Edited by Susan Stratton
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(July 2023)
ISBN: 9781803275253
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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.
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.
Foreword Neolithic and the sacred fire - Sanda Bacuet Crisan and Corina Bejinariu Burned bones from the Late Neolithic Hamangia cemetery from Cernavoda, Romania - Raluca Kogalniceanu and Angela Simalcsik The times of their death - question of contemporaneity in burials from a Late Neolithic settlement in Polgar- Csoszhalom (NE Hungary) - Alexandra Anders and Zsuzsanna Siklosi A ditch in time: A bioarchaeological analysis of the human skeletal remains discovered at Alba Iulia - Lumea Noua (Romania) - Mihai Gligor, Kirsty McLeod, Ana Fetcu and Calin Suteu Landscape of the living and landscape of the dead. Long barrows: fire in the mortuary practices of Funnel Beaker culture communities in the Polish Lowland - Andrzej Pelisiak Early Iron Age burials at Gelmar (Hunedoara County, Romania) - Gabriel Balan, Adrian Bolog, Cristian Dima, Silviu Popa, Daniel Tentis and Andrei Soficaru Mors immatura. The causes of death in inscriptions from the Roman Empire - Alexander Rubel The critical years of life: Censorinus on the right time of death - Kai Brodersen Osteoarchaeological study of cremation burials from the Roman period necropolis of Zadar: taphonomy, demography and pathology - Mario Novak and Smiljan Gluscevic Meeting a medieval community of Bizere Monastery: lifestyle, occupation and nutritional status - Lumini?a Andreica-Szilagyi Disappearance of grave goods: changes in burial practices in 14th century Ivanec, Croatia - Juraj Belaj and Filomena Sirovica Can the position of the forearms serve as a dating determinant in medieval and early modern cemeteries on the territory of the northern Croatia? - Sinisa Krznar Coin finds at Crkvari - Saint Lawrence Church site (northern Croatia) as terminus ante quem non for funerary features - Tatjana Tkalcec, Foreword ;
Neolithic and the sacred fire – Sanda Băcueţ Crişan and Corina Bejinariu Burned bones from the Late Neolithic Hamangia cemetery from Cernavodă, Romania – Raluca Kogălniceanu and Angela Simalcsik The times of their death – question of contemporaneity in burials from a Late Neolithic settlement in Polgár– Csőszhalom (NE Hungary) – Alexandra Anders and Zsuzsanna Siklósi A ditch in time: A bioarchaeological analysis of the human skeletal remains discovered at Alba Iulia – Lumea Nouă (Romania) – Mihai Gligor, Kirsty McLeod, Ana Fetcu and Călin Şuteu ;
Landscape of the living and landscape of the dead. Long barrows: fire in the mortuary practices of Funnel Beaker culture communities in the Polish Lowland – Andrzej Pelisiak Early Iron Age burials at Gelmar (Hunedoara County, Romania) – Gabriel Bălan, Adrian Bolog, Cristian Dima, Silviu Popa, Daniel Tentiş and Andrei Soficaru Mors immatura. The causes of death in inscriptions from the Roman Empire – Alexander Rubel The critical years of life: Censorinus on the right time of death – Kai Brodersen Osteoarchaeological study of cremation burials from the Roman period necropolis of Zadar: taphonomy, demography and pathology – Mario Novak and Smiljan Gluščević Meeting a medieval community of Bizere Monastery: lifestyle, occupation and nutritional status – Luminița Andreica-Szilágyi Disappearance of grave goods: changes in burial practices in 14th century Ivanec, Croatia – Juraj Belaj and Filomena Sirovica Can the position of the forearms serve as a dating determinant in medieval and early modern cemeteries on the territory of the northern Croatia? – Siniša Krznar Coin finds at Crkvari – Saint Lawrence Church site (northern Croatia) as terminus ante quem non for funerary features – Tatjana Tkalčec
- Edited by Raluca Kogălniceanu
- Edited by Mihai Gligor
- Edited by Andrei Soficaru
- Edited by Susan Stratton
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