Burials, rituals and fragmented bodies in prehistory

Obdobje akeramičnega neolitika na Levantu je obdobje velikih družbenih in gospodarskih sprememb. Za ustvarjanje in ohranjanje socialne kohezije ter uravnavanje družbenega stresa so prebivalci razvili nove oblike pogrebnih praks in kolektivnih ritualov, ki so jim pomagali pri izoblikovanju kolektivne identitete in spomina. Diplomska naloga se ukvarja z rituali, povezanimi s kolektivnimi javnimi prostori in bolj omejenimi konteksti pokopov znotraj hiš. Pri obeh gre za fizično in simbolno povezovanje živih in mrtvih. Obravnavan je tudi odnos med ljudmi, predniki, živalmi in predmeti.The Pre-Pottery Neolithic period in the Levant is a period of great social and economic change. To create and maintain social cohesion and manage social stress, inhabitants developed new forms of funeral practices and collective rituals that helped them shape their collective identities and memory. This thesis deals with rituals associated with collective public spaces and the more limited contexts of house burials. Both represent physical and symbolic connections between the living and the dead. The relationship between humans, ancestors, animals and objects is also discussed