04835nam 2200649 450 991081541850332120230126215716.01-78297-849-61-78297-851-8(CKB)3890000000005511(MiAaPQ)EBC4392665(Au-PeEL)EBL4392665(CaPaEBR)ebr11153180(CaONFJC)MIL834915(OCoLC)907811630(EXLCZ)99389000000000551120160222h20152015 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe archaeology of cremation burned human remains in funerary studies /edited by Tim ThompsonOxford, England ;Philadelphia, Pennsylvania :Oxbow Books,2015.©20151 online resource (257 pages) illustrations, mapsStudies in Funerary Archaeology ;Volume 81-78297-848-8 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.Fire and the body : fire and the people / Tim Thompson -- Flesh, fire, and funerary remains from the Neolithic site of La Varde, Guernsey : investigations past and present / Jenny Cataroche and Rebecca Gowland -- Past cremation practices from a bioarchaeological perspective : how new methods and techniques revealed conceptual changes in cremation practices during the late Bronze Age and early Iron Age in Denmark / Lise Harvig -- The bioarchaeological analysis of cremation at the Iron age necropolis of Tera (Portugal) / David Gonçalves, Vanessa Campanacho, Tim Thompson and Rui Mataloto -- Funerary rituals and ideologies in the Phoenician-Punic necropolis of Monte Sirai (Carbonia, Sardinia, italy) / Giampaolo Piga, Michele Guirguis and Ethel Allue -- The funerary practice of cremation at Augusta Emerita (Mérida, Spain) during high empire : contributions from the anthropological analysis of burned human bone / Filipa Cortesão Silva -- The integration of microscopic techniques in cremation studies : a new approach to understanding social identity among cremation practicing groups from early Anglo-Saxon England / Kirsty E. Squires -- Analysing cremated human remains from the southern Brazilian highlands : interpreting archaeological evidence of funerary practice at mound and enclosure complexes in the Pelotas River Valley / Priscilla Ferreira Ulguim -- Case applications of recent research on thermal effects on the skeleton / Douglas H. Ubelaker -- The interpretation and reconstruction of the post-mortem events in a case of scattered burned remains in Chile / Claudia Garrido-Varas and Marisol Intriago-Leiva -- Conclusion / Tim Thompson."There is a considerable body of knowledge on the concepts and practices of inhumation yet our understanding of cremation ritual and practice is by comparison, woefully inadequate. This volume draws together the inventive methodology that has been developed for this material and combines it with a fuller interpretation of the archaeological funerary context. It demonstrates how an innovative methodology, when applied to a challenging material, can produce new and exciting interpretations of archaeological sites and funerary contexts. The reader is introduced to the nature of burned human remains and the destructive effect that fire can have on the body. Subsequent chapters describe important cremation practices and sites from around the world and from the Neolithic period to the modern day. By emphasising the need for a robust methodology combined with a nuanced interpretation, it is possible to begin to appreciate the significance and wide-spread adoption of this practice of dealing with the dead"--Provided by publisher.Studies in funerary archaeology ;Volume 8.Human remains (Archaeology)CremationHistoryTo 1500CremationSocial aspectsHistoryTo 1500Funeral rites and ceremonies, AncientDeathSocial aspectsHistoryTo 1500Social archaeologyExcavations (Archaeology)ArchaeologyMethodologyHuman remains (Archaeology)CremationHistoryCremationSocial aspectsHistoryFuneral rites and ceremonies, Ancient.DeathSocial aspectsHistorySocial archaeology.Excavations (Archaeology)ArchaeologyMethodology.930.1Thompson Timothy James UptonMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910815418503321The archaeology of cremation4033948UNINA