Funerary Archaeology

Un espacio compartido por vivos y muertos: El poblado calcolítico de fosos e Camino de las Yeseras (San Fernando de Henares, Madrid). A space for living and the dead: The Chalcolithic ditched enclosured settlement of Camino de las Yeseras

by Corina Liesau von Lettow-Vorbeck

C. Liesau, C. Blasco, R.Ríos, J. Vega, R. Menduiña, J.F. Blanco, J.Baena, T. Herrera, A. Petri, J.L. Gómez (2008):

The preliminary results are presented of the excavations in a large ditched enclosured chaclolithic settlement. The... more The preliminary results are presented of the excavations in a large ditched enclosured chaclolithic settlement. The site was probably a central place in the production and long-distance exchange of surplus. The accumulations found of raw materials (flint, granite and metamorhic stones) and agricultural, stockbreeding and industrial products were exchanged by other foreign products (variscite, cinnabar, ivory and gold). Ritual data are also remarcable: a significant number of individual and collective burials have been recorded in pits, small artificial caves and hypogea, delimited in special areas. The richer burials had Ciempozuelos-style Bell Beaker elements and prestige items, such as gold and ivory beads. Osteomorphological and size features of some Bell Beaker individuals point out a remarkable physical aspect during their life time. Th faunal deposits, which included mixed species associations, evidence a complex symbolic relationship with animals. The site is essential for the knowledge of the Chalcolithic period and the impact of Bell Beaker customs and funerary rituals in the consolidation of social inequalities amidst the first metallurgical societies of the interior of the Iberian Peninsula.

La singular dualidad de enterramientos en el poblado de silos calcolítico de Camino de las Yeseras (San Fernando de Henares, Madrid)

by Corina Liesau von Lettow-Vorbeck

J. Vega, C. Blasco, C. Liesau, P.Ríos, J.F. Blanco, R. Menduiña, R.Aliaga, E. Moreno, T.Herrera, A.Petri y J.L.Gómez (2010). En Munibe, 32:648-662.

The excavations carried out in the site of Camino de las Yeseras has provided a series of new aspects of the... more The excavations carried out in the site of Camino de las Yeseras has provided a series of new aspects of the Chalcolithic period of Madrid.One of the most interesting aspect has been the fact that it has been possible to perform a study of the funeral rituals with a great variety of individual and collective burials in enclosures or delimited areas. Among the last ones, hipogeus and small caves were especially assigned to groups
containing Bell Beaker pottery. The osteomorphologic and size characteristics of some Bell Beaker individuals point them out as having a conspicuous physical aspect during their life time and the funerary gifts consist fundamentally of ceramic sets of Ciempozuelos style in an unusual association accompanied by prestigious elements such as golden beads.

Cenzon-Salvayre and Durand 2011 - The cremation structures of the Roman Empire : anthracological data versus historical sources. In : Badal et al. 2011 (ed.)5th INTERNATIONAL MEETING OF CHARCOAL ANALYSIS: The charcoal as cultural and biological heritage, Saguntum, Extra II, Valencia, p. 191-192.

by Carine Cenzon Salvayre

L’uso dei cani nei riti funerari. Il caso della necropoli di età imperiale a Fidene - via Radicofani

by Jacopo De Grossi Mazzorin

De Grossi Mazzorin J., 2001: “L’uso dei cani nei riti funerari. Il caso della necropoli di età imperiale a Fidene - via Radicofani”, in M. Heinzelmann, J. Ortalli, P. Fasold e M. Witteyer (a cura di), “Culto dei morti e costumi funerari romani. Roma Italia settentrionale e province nord-occidentali dalla tarda Repubblica all’età imperiale”, Convegno Internazionale, Roma -1-3 aprile 1998, Wiesbaden, pp. 77-82.

Caratterizzazione archeozoologica: le sepoltre di cani,

by Jacopo De Grossi Mazzorin

De Grossi Mazzorin J., Minniti C., 2001: Caratterizzazione archeozoologica: le sepoltre di cani, in P. di Manzano (a cura di), ad deverticulum. Scavi archeologici lungo la bretella Nomentana-GRA, Roma, pp. 81-93

“Las cupae de Tarraco y Barcino y el conjunto de cupae del Levante Peninsular: tipologías y contextos funerarios

by Isabel Rodà de Llanza

published in 'LAS CVPAE HISPANAS: Origen, difusión, uso, tipología, (Los Bañales, abril 2010)'

Hablar del origen de las cupae, dada la gran problemática que presentan, creemos que es un error de planteamiento... more Hablar del origen de las cupae, dada la gran problemática que presentan, creemos que es un error de planteamiento inicial. Mejor hablar de procesos de formación y de difusión de los tipos ya que distan mucho de ser unitarios. Las diferencias entre los ejemplares de los diversos núcleos y la gran variedad de formas locales lo dejan bien patente.

I. Moschos, Holztüren an mykenischen Kammergräbern

by Ioannis Moschos

Published in Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Athenische Abteilung 123, 2008, pp. 97-150.

Wooden doors on Mycenaean chamber tombs.
Following a burial in a Mycenaean chamber tomb, the stomion was sealed... more Wooden doors on Mycenaean chamber tombs.
Following a burial in a Mycenaean chamber tomb, the stomion was sealed as a rule by means of a dry stone wall and more rarely by a stone door. Generations of archaeologists have grown up with this assertion so that when excavating a chamber tomb we are certain in advance what awaits us at the doorway. Every time the dry stone wall or stone door is esposed, the conviction finds further substantiation. But can we be sure of this, or is there perhaps something we are overlooking? In the following article a new proposal is put forward: when an excavation reaches the dry stone wall or the stomion of a tomb, we must ask ourselves whether originally a wooden door stood in front of it. Characteristic examples of the existence of wooden doors in Mycenaean tombs are considered and, among other things, the various support mechanisms of wooden doors are discussed. The presence of wooden doors is linked on the one hand to Mycenaean eschatological concepts and on the other to the good state of preservation of the dry stone walls.

Ξύλινες θύρες θαλαμωτών τάφων.
Το σφράγισμα του στομίου των θαλαμωτών τάφων μετά από μία μυκηναϊκή κηδεία γινόταν ως επί το πλείστον με το χτίσιμο της ξερολιθιάς και σπανιότερα με τη χρήση μίας λίθινης θύρας. Η παραπάνω φράση μεγάλωσε γενιές αρχαιολόγων, ώστε όταν σκάβουμε έναν θαλαμωτό τάφο να είμαστε σίγουροι εκ των προτέρων για το τί περίπου θα συναντήσουμε στην είσοδο. Και όταν αποκαλύπτεται η ξερολιθιά, ή η λίθινη θύρα, η παραπάνω πρόταση επιβεβαιώνεται για μία ακόμα φορά. Πρέπει, όμως, να είμαστε σίγουροι, ή μήπως υπάρχει και κάτι άλλο που παραβλέπουμε; Στο κείμενο που ακολουθεί παρουσιάζεται μία νέα πρόταση: Όταν κατά την ανασκαφή συναντούμε την ξερολιθιά ή το στόμιο ενός τάφου, πρέπει οπωσδήποτε να αναρωτηθούμε εάν μπροστά από αυτά υπήρχε κάποτε μία ξύλινη θύρα. Εξετάζονται χαρακτηριστικές περιπτώσεις ύπαρξης ξύλινων θυρών σε μυκηναϊκούς τάφους και προσεγγίζονται οι διάφοροι τρόποι στήριξης της ξύλινης θύρας. Η παρουσία των ξύλινων θυρών συσχετίζεται με μυκηναϊκές εσχατολογικές αντιλήψεις και συνδέεται με την καλή διατήρηση των ξερολιθιών έως τις μέρες μας.

Kości, zapinki, DNA czy broń? Problematyka etniczna w badaniach wczesnośredniowiecznych cmentarzysk szkieletowych w Polsce, [in:] Obcy. Funeralia Lednickie Spotkanie 14, ed. W. Dzieduszycki, J. Wrzesiński, Poznań 2012, pp. 333-344.

by Jerzy Sikora

English title: Bones, brooches, DNA or weaponry? Ethnic problems in research of early medieval skeletal cemeteries in northern Poland.

Cenzon Salvayre (C.), Durand (A.) 2012 - Analyse anthracologique de l’aire de crémation B1 de la nécropole d’Ambrussum. In : DEDET (B.) - Une nécropole du second Age du Fer à Ambrussum, Hérault, BIAMA 11, Aix en Provence, 2012, pp.239-245.

by Carine Cenzon Salvayre

Von der Unterwelt ins Himmelreich. Neues von der ICE-Trasse Erfurt-Halle/Leipzig www.lda-lsa.de/landesmuseum_fuer_vorgeschichte/fund_des_monats/2010/dezember

by Eric Müller

Plantas y Fenomenología de la Muerte durante el Bronce Medio y Final en Menorca

by David Javaloyas Molina

Co-authored with: Llorenç Picornell, Gabriel Servera Vives

ABSTRACT

The present work studies the relationship between the vegetable kingdom and the Minorcan Late... more ABSTRACT

The present work studies the relationship between the vegetable kingdom and the Minorcan Late Bronze Age societies through the phenomenological archaeology approaches. For this purpose we analyze the archaebotanical record, with a special attention to charcoal analysis, carpology and palynology.
In this way, we focus on the study of the funerary record presenting and interpreting different minorcan sites (S’Alblegall rock-cut, Es Càrritx , Es Mussol and Es Pas caves), where different social practices associated to the use of plants have been documented: the use of aromatic plants in fires or the presence of floral offerings among others.

Keywords: Balearic Islands, Bronze Age, Archaeobotany, Phenomenological archaeology.

RESUMEN

El presente trabajo aborda las relaciones entre el mundo vegetal y las sociedades prehistóricas del Bronce Medio y Final en Menorca desde la perspectiva de la arqueología fenomenológica. Para ello utilizaremos, principalmente, el registro arqueobotánico, otorgando una especial atención al que se puede recuperar a partir del uso de la antracología, la carpología y la palinología.
En este sentido, nos centraremos en el estudio del registro funerario a través de la presentación e inter-pretación de diferentes yacimientos menorquines (Hipogeo de s’Alblegall, Cova d’es Càrritx, Cova d’es Mussol y Cova d’es Pas), donde se han documentado diversas prácticas sociales asociadas al uso de plantas como fuegos con altas presencias de plantas aromáticas o la documentación de ofrendas florales entre otros.

Palabras Clave: Islas Baleares, Edad del Bronce, Arqueobotánica, Arqueología fenomenológica.

review : S. Occhilupo, La necropoli capuana. Per una definizione della prima fase tra l’età del Bronzo finale e la prima età del Ferro, Pise-Rome, 2011.

by Stéphane Bourdin

Análisis de un esqueleto de oso pardo (Ursus arctos L.) hallado en la cueva de La Braña-Arintero.

by Carlos Fernández-Rodríguez

C. Fernández (2010). “Análisis de un esqueleto de oso pardo (Ursus arctos L.) hallado en la cueva de La Braña-Arintero”. En J.M. Vidal & MªE. Prada (coord.). Los hombres mesolíticos de la cueva de La Braña-Arintero (Valdelugueros, León). Estudios y Catálogos, 18. Junta de Castilla y León. pp. 146-157.

Los hombres mesolíticos de La Braña-Arintero (Valdelugueros, León): el hallazgo, situación, aspectos arqueo-antropológicos, cronología y contexto cultural.

by Carlos Fernández-Rodríguez

J.M. Vidal, MªE. Prada, C. Fernández & MªN. Fuertes (2010). “Los hombres mesolíticos de La Braña-Arintero (Valdelugueros, León): el hallazgo, situación, aspectos arqueo-antropológicos, cronología y contexto cultural”. En J.M. Vidal & MªE. Prada (coord.). Los hombres mesolíticos de la cueva de La Braña-Arintero (Valdelugueros, León). Estudios y Catálogos, 18. Junta de Castilla y León. pp. 16-61.

Los hombres mesolíticos de La Braña-Arintero (Valdelugueros, León): un hallazgo funerario excepcional en la vertiente meridional de la Cordillera Cantábrica.

by Carlos Fernández-Rodríguez

J. Vidal, C. Fernández, MªE. Prada & N. Fuertes (2008). “Los hombres mesolíticos de La Braña-Arintero (Valdelugueros, León): un hallazgo funerario excepcional en la vertiente meridional de la Cordillera Cantábrica”. En E. Ramil (ed.). 1 Congreso Internacional de Arqueoloxía de Vilalba. Museo de Prehistoria e Arqueoloxía de Vilalba. Férvedes, 5: 153-164.

„…Die Erde bewahrt die Leiber auf, die unterirdischen Kammern die Seelen". Der Erdstall und das slawische Gräberfeld von Niederwünsch (Saalekreis/Sachsen Anhalt). Der Erdstall 38/2012.

by Eric Müller

Chapple, R. M. 2011 'Review: Past Times, Changing Fortunes: Proceedings of a Public Seminar on Archaeological Discoveries on National Road Schemes, August 2010' Blogspot post

by Robert M Chapple

Indagini archeologiche nella Tenuta Torre Serpentana al V miglio della Salaria, in: FOLD&R FastiOnLine documents & research (65), 2006, pp. 1-19

by Francesco di Gennaro

Co-authored with L. Finocchietti

Sepolcreti del Bronzo Finale tra Roma e i colli Albani, in: Atti XL Riunione Scientifica IIPP, Firenze 2007, vol. II, pp. 815-826

by Francesco di Gennaro

Co-authored with B. Barbaro, R. Egidi, S. Favorito, E. Foddai and C. Iaia

El Solsonès y el Berguedà como encrucijada de caminos en el contexto europeo. Aportaciones desde la metalurgia y la orfebrería prehistóricas (c. finales IV – II milenio cal ANE)

by Ignacio Soriano

Paper presented at 3rd Col·loqui d'Arqueologia d'Odèn 2011 (in press)

Abstract:
This paper makes a review of a set of metal artefacts (from gold, silver, copper and bronze) and other... more Abstract:
This paper makes a review of a set of metal artefacts (from gold, silver, copper and bronze) and other items related to the metallurgical process from prehistoric sites of Berguedà and Solsonès regions, Catalonia (IVth and IIon millennia cal BC). These sites, widely known, are Balma dels Ossos (Berga), Cova of Sant Bartomeu (Olius), Cova d'Aigües Vives (Olius) and Forat de la Tuta (Riner). The objects are studied from a chronological, technological, typological and contextual point of view. Comparison with contemporary metallurgical evidence, of the Iberian Peninsula and the rest of Europe, point towards the existence of certain contacts and relationships of various kinds with different areas of the continent (south east Spain, south France, Switzerland, north Italy, Central Europe). The data indicate that during the late prehistory these territories constituted one of the main "metallurgical crossroads" who joined the Northeastern Iberian Peninsula with neighbouring regions.

Keywords: Archaeometallurgy, Late Prehistory, Northeastern Iberian Peninsula (Catalonia)