The study of burial practices, of human attitudes and behaviour in the face of death, has been an important part of archaeological research from its very beginnings. Some funerary discoveries have achieved sensational fame. Yet beyond this the archaeological community quickly came to understand that it is possible to gain as much information about the lives of past people from studying their funerary behaviour as it is from studying their daily activities and the resultant artefacts. This volume gathers together the majority of the papers presented at the International Symposium on Funerary Anthropology, 'Homines, Funera, Astra', which took place at '1 Decembrie 1918' University of Alba Iulia, 5–8 June 2011. The theme of the conference, aimed to address the investigation of human osteological remains and burial practices specific to the prehistory and history in Central and Eastern Europe.

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International Symposium on Funerary Anthropology (2011 : Universitatea "1 decembrie 1918" Alba Iulia, Romania)

edited by Raluca Kogălniceanu, Roxana-Gabriela Curcă, Mihai Gligor, Susan Stratton

Raluca Kogalniceanu, Roxana-Gabriela Curca, Mihai Gligor, Susan Stratton

British Archaeological Reports

BAR Publishing

Hadrian Books

Archaeopress

BAR international series -- 2410, Oxford, England, England, 2012

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

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Includes bibliographical references.

Front Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Table of Contents
Foreword
Spirituality of Palaeolithic burials: offerings of decorative items and body ornaments
Considerations regarding the Palaeolithic anthropological discoveries in Romania and the Republic of Moldova
On Palaeolithic social inequality: The funerary evidence
Burial practices in the Iron Gates Mesolithic
Bioarchaeological inferences from Neolithic human remains at Alba Iulia-Lumea Nouă (Transylvania, Romania)
Gendered bodies and objects in a mortuary domain: Comparative analysis of Durankulak cemetery
Adornments from the Hamangia cemetery excavated at Cernavodă – Columbia D. Contextual analysis
Shell adornments from the Hamangia cemetery excavated at Cernavodă – Columbia D. Techno-typological analysis
Traditions, Rules and Exceptions in the Eneolithic Cemetery from Sultana-Malu Roşu (Southeast Romania)
Anthropological research of the Komariv type (Middle Bronze Age) tumular cemetery, at Adâncata (Suceava County, Romania)
Coins and pebbles from the Anglo-Georgian excavations at Pichvnari
Funerary rite and rituals of the Early Sarmatians (second and first centuries BC) in the area between the mouths of the Don and the Danube
Funerary customs of Scythians and Thracians: a lexical analysis
Infant Burials in Roman Dobrudja. A report of work in progress: The case of Ibida (Slava Rusă)
Aspects of everyday life in Scythia Minor reflected in some funerary discoveries from Ibida (Slava Rusă, Tulcea County)
Early Roman and Late Roman child graves in Dobrudja (Romania). Preliminary considerations
List of contributors

2023-05-04