Sepolture bisome dalle necropoli della colonia greca di Himera: interpretazione e analisi demografica

Double burials, ie simultaneous depositions of two individuals, are rare occurrence in ancient Greece, so their discovery is always received with great interest. In the necropolises of Himera, only 15 double burials were discovered, out of over 13000 excavated tombs. With the exception of these and the mass graves relating to the battles of 480 and 409 BC, the necropolises of Himera are characterized by single burials. The taphonomic analyses, aimed at demonstrating the simultaneity of double burials, and the anthropological analyses to determine sex and age at death, show a skeletal sample that is decidedly heterogeneous by type of tomb, sex and age. Given the variety of the composition of the double burials it seems that there is no rule except simultaneous death and probably a bond between the people buried together