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This is the first book-length treatment of Neolithic burial in Britain to focus primarily on cave evidence. It interprets human remains from forty-eight caves and compares them to what we know of Neolithic collective burial elsewhere in Britain and Europe. It reviews the archaeology of these cave burials and treats them as important evidence for the study of mortuary practice. Drawing on evidence from archaeology, anthropology, osteology and cave science, the book demonstrates that cave burial was one of the earliest elements of the British Neolithic. It also shows that Early Neolithic cave-burial practice was highly varied, with many similarities to other burial rites. However, by the Middle Neolithic, a funerary practice which was specific to caves had developed.

Neolithic period --- Actor-network theory. --- Agency. --- Britain. --- Cave sedimentology. --- Caves. --- Funerary Archaeology. --- Neolithic burial. --- Object biography. --- Taphonomy.

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La construction sur l’Euphrate des barrages turcs et syriens a entraîné la disparition d’un tiers des sites hellénistiques, romains et byzantins de la vallée ; elle a modifié le rôle que le Moyen-Euphrate jouait depuis des millénaires comme axe principal de circulation et d’échanges entre la Méditerranée et la Mésopotamie. Cet essai de géographie historique se propose de poursuivre la synthèse que René Dussaud avait consacrée aux rives de l’Euphrate dans la Topographie historique de la Syrie antique et médiévale, publiée en 1927. En croisant différentes sources textuelles et documentaires, des écrits des géographes antiques aux images satellitaires, cette étude, accompagnée de nombreuses illustrations, met en valeur les dynamiques géographiques et historiques qui ont marqué l’occupation de la vallée depuis la fin du IVe s. av. J.-C. jusqu’au VIIe s. When Syrian and Turkish dams were built in the Middle Euphrates valley, a third of Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine sites disappeared. The role of the river changed whereas it was the millennial axis of transportation between the Mediterranean and Mesopotamia. This historical geographic essay follows René Dussaud’s synthesis about Euphrates rivers in Historical topography of Antique and Medieval Syria (1927). It is based on various texts, antique geographers’ accounts and satellites pictures. This generously illustrated study highlights geographical and historical dynamics of valley occupation from late IVth century BC to VIIth AD. إنّ تنفيذ مشروع بناء السد السوري-التركي في وادي الفرات سيؤدي إلى اندثار ثلث المواقع المؤرخة على العصر الهلينستي والروماني والبيزنطي، كما أنه سيؤدي إلى تغيير الدور الذي لعبه الفرات الأوسط منذ آلاف السنين كمحور رئيسي للتنقل والتبادل التجاري بين البحر المتوسط وبلاد الرافدين. هذا الاختبار من الجغرافية التاريخية يقدم استمرارية للتحليل الذي كرّس من قبل رينيه دوسو René Dussaud لضفاف نهر الفرات ضمن مؤلفه التضاريس التاريخية لسورية خلال العصور القديمة والقرون الوسطى والمنشور عام 1927م. بالاعتماد على…

Geography --- History & Archaeology --- historical geography --- archaeology --- Hellenic foundations --- Limes --- fortification --- Antique urbanism --- funerary archaeology --- Parthian Empire --- Roman Empire --- territory --- antique navigation --- Empire romain --- territoire --- urbanisme antique --- archéologie funéraire --- navigation antique --- fondations helléniques

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Death in the Iron Age of Eastern England explores the treatment of the non-cremated dead from 800BC - c.AD60 in what is now eastern England. The research presented identifies large-scale patterns in post-mortem treatment, furthering existing debates around excarnation practices, inhumation traditions and the ‘invisible dead’. The region has seen comparatively little in-depth study in recent years, while the quantity of excavated material has increased exponentially due to the rise of development-led archaeology. This book gathers and presents the known data to shed light on an under-researched part of Iron Age Britain through the study of complete inhumations, partial skeletal remains and disarticulated human bones. The data is interpreted via integrated methodological approaches that combine contextual archaeology, osteology and bone taphonomy to better understand post-mortem processes, regional variation and the role of the dead in Iron Age societies.

Archaeothanatology --- Death --- Human remains (Archaeology) --- Iron age --- Anthropological aspects --- Archaeology of death --- Death, Archaeology of --- Funerary archaeology --- Archaeology --- Thanatology --- Dying --- End of life --- Life --- Terminal care --- Terminally ill --- Bioarchaeology --- Skeletal remains (Archaeology) --- Human skeleton --- Primate remains (Archaeology) --- Civilization --- Philosophy

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Archaeologists working in northwest Europe have long remarked on the sheer quantity and standardisation of objects unearthed from the Roman period, especially compared with earlier eras. What was the historical significance of this boom in standardised objects? With a wide and ever-changing spectrum of innovative objects and styles to choose from, to what extent did the choices made by people in the past really matter? To answer these questions, this book sheds new light on the make-up of late Iron Age and early Roman 'objectscapes', through an examination of the circulation and selections of thousands of standardised pots, brooches, and other objects, with emphasis on funerary repertoires, c. 100 bc-ad 100. Breaking with the national frameworks that inform artefact research in much 'provincial' Roman archaeology, the book tests the idea that marked increases in the movement of people and objects fostered pan-regional culture(s) and transformed societies. Using a rich database of cemeteries and settlements spanning a swathe of northwest Europe, including southern Britannia, Gallia Belgica, and Germania Inferior, the study extensively applies multivariate statistics (such as Correspondence Analysis) to examine the roles of objects in an ever-changing and richly complex cultural milieu.

Classical antiquities --- Standardization --- Standards. --- Europe, Northern --- Antiquities, Roman. --- Iron age --- Grave goods --- Material culture --- Pottery, Ancient --- Jewelry, Ancient --- Foreign economic relations --- Classical antiquities. --- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology. --- Standardization. --- Northern Europe. --- Rome (Empire). --- Industrial engineering --- Grading --- Mass production --- Specifications --- Testing --- Antiquities, Classical --- Antiquities, Grecian --- Antiquities, Roman --- Archaeology, Classical --- Classical archaeology --- Roman antiquities --- Antiquities --- Archaeological museums and collections --- Art, Ancient --- Classical philology --- Northern Europe --- Roman archaeology, standardisation, materiality, objectscapes, funerary archaeology.

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La réouverture des sépultures mérovingiennes est une pratique bien connue des archéologues et des historiens. Elle est observée sur de nombreuses nécropoles de la moitié nord de la France entre les VIe et VIIIe siècles et a souvent été associée à des actes de pillage commis par des individus cupides et barbares. Sur la base de données issues de sites fouillés récemment, l'étude propose de reconsidérer ces sépultures aux ossements déplacés et au mobilier funéraire en partie emporté. L'analyse archéothanatologique de tombes provenant de plus de 40 sites permet de discuter de l'impact de la pratique sur l'architecture funéraire, le squelette et les objets, ainsi que les modes opératoires et la chronologie des intrusions. Cette nouvelle lecture ouvre la discussion sur les motivations qui sous-tendent ces actes. Loin de l'image de pillards sévissant de sites en sites, leurs auteurs ne pourraient pas être si éloignés des défunts bouleversés. "The reopening of graves during the Early Middle Ages has long been recognised by archaeologists and historians across Western Europe. Based on data from more than 40 cemeteries and applying archaeothanatological analysis, this study explores the archaeological evidence for the reopening, at the levels both of the burial structure and of its contents (container, artefacts, skeletal parts)."--Publisher web site.

Merovingians --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Human remains (Archaeology) --- Archaeologists --- Tombs --- Archaeology, Medieval --- Archaeology --- Funeral customs and rites --- Professional ethics. --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- France, Northern --- Antiquities. --- Archaeothanatology --- Funeral rites and ceremonies --- Grave goods --- Middle Ages --- Antiquities --- France --- Antiquities, Medieval --- Medieval antiquities --- Medieval archaeology --- Dark Ages --- History, Medieval --- Medieval history --- Medieval period --- World history, Medieval --- World history --- Civilization, Medieval --- Medievalism --- Renaissance --- Burial goods --- Burial objects --- Grave objects --- Ceremonial objects --- Funerals --- Mortuary ceremonies --- Obsequies --- Manners and customs --- Rites and ceremonies --- Burial --- Cremation --- Cryomation --- Dead --- Mourning customs --- Archaeology of death --- Death, Archaeology of --- Funerary archaeology --- Thanatology --- History --- Merovingers (dynastie) --- Graven --- Archeologie --- Funeraire archeologie --- Merovingische oudheden --- Menselijke resten (archeologie) --- Methodologie