Left for dead: interpreting human remains in the LBK settlements of the Alsace plain This article proposes to reconsider the link often established between human remains found in settlements and a supposed ‘deviance’, defined as a failure to comply with the ‘norm’ identified by arc...

Je suis heureuse de vous annoncer la publication de mon article "Left for dead: interpreting human remains in the LBK settlements of the Alsace plain", dans la revue World Archaeology www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#archaeology #mortuarypractices #lbk #socialanthropology

Couverture du numéro d'octobre avec des sépultures de la nécropole du Néolithique moyen de Gurgy (Yonne, France) / Burials from the Middle Neolithic necropolis of Gurgy (Yonne, France). © Stéphane Rottier

🚩Notre numéro thématique des #BMSAP sur le thème des " #pratiquesmortuaires et inférences sociales" est maintenant complètement en ligne et en #Openaccess !

Our thematic issue of the #BMSAP on “ #mortuarypractices and social inferences” is now fully online and in #OpenAccess! doi.org/10.4000/14ohi

Evidence of smoke-dried #mummification practice among SE #Asian #hunting and gathering populations over 10,000 years ago -- oldest known to date?

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https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2515103122

Before Egypt: The 12,000-Year History of Smoke-Dried Mummification in Southeast Asia New evidence from southern China and Southeast Asia shows hunter-gatherers were smoking and preserving their dead millennia before the famous mummies of Egypt or Chile.

New study reveals hunter-gatherers in Southeast Asia smoke-dried their dead over 10,000 years ago—predating Egyptian and Chinchorro mummies. #Archaeology #Anthropology #HumanEvolution #MortuaryPractices

The Impact of Secondary Mortuary Practices on Representation and Distribution of Commingled Elements from Umm an-Nar Human Skeletons in Communal Tombs | Advances in Archaeological Practice | Cambridge... The Impact of Secondary Mortuary Practices on Representation and Distribution of Commingled Elements from Umm an-Nar Human Skeletons in Communal Tombs

What can commingled human #skeletons potentially tell us about ancient #funerarytraditions?

Unearthed at the Shimal Necropolis, Early #BronzeAge communal tombs reveal information about secondary #mortuarypractices and even share commonalities with Neolithic interments.

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