International audienceUnderstanding societal conceptions of death presents a unique challenge to prehistorians because they cannot witness first-hand the funerary practices that interest them. Rather, they are limited to studying the physical traces left behind by such practices. However, we wish to move beyond description towards interpretation, because what interests us is not simply the individual practices (or even sets of practices), but the system that unifies them and imbues them with meaning. To unravel these systems, it is important to bear in mind that not all of the acts documented in the material record were obligatory. While there is the “devoir-faire” (what must be done), there also exists the “pouvoir-faire” (what can be done...
The funerary practices used in the Temenid kingdom during the archaic period testify of the use of s...
The starting point of this work is the observation that the presence of one or more coins within bur...
The deposit of objects in burials – small finds and others, allowed scientifics to understand funera...
International audienceUnderstanding societal conceptions of death presents a unique challenge to pre...
The norms regarding human remains, old or new, are changing; we are witnessing unprecedented adjustm...
International audienceRecent work conducted on ancient funerary ensembles of the Mediterranean basin...
The recent archaeological excavation of modern and contemporary cemeteries has revealed new problems...
International audienceParadoxically, while the fragmentation, desecration or abandonment of remains ...
Extreme variability both in space and in time is the only constant feature of the burial customs in ...
International audienceThe analysis of necropolises and burials constitutes an essential step in the ...
Abstract1 The collective grave is a structure in which several individuals were buried in succession...
Numerous studies stressed the relevant approach of an overall examination of the archaeological data...
The funerary practices used in the Temenid kingdom during the archaic period testify of the use of s...
The starting point of this work is the observation that the presence of one or more coins within bur...
The deposit of objects in burials – small finds and others, allowed scientifics to understand funera...
International audienceUnderstanding societal conceptions of death presents a unique challenge to pre...
The norms regarding human remains, old or new, are changing; we are witnessing unprecedented adjustm...
International audienceRecent work conducted on ancient funerary ensembles of the Mediterranean basin...
The recent archaeological excavation of modern and contemporary cemeteries has revealed new problems...
International audienceParadoxically, while the fragmentation, desecration or abandonment of remains ...
Extreme variability both in space and in time is the only constant feature of the burial customs in ...
International audienceThe analysis of necropolises and burials constitutes an essential step in the ...
Abstract1 The collective grave is a structure in which several individuals were buried in succession...
Numerous studies stressed the relevant approach of an overall examination of the archaeological data...
The funerary practices used in the Temenid kingdom during the archaic period testify of the use of s...
The starting point of this work is the observation that the presence of one or more coins within bur...
The deposit of objects in burials – small finds and others, allowed scientifics to understand funera...