Homines, Funera, Astra 2: Life Beyond Death in Ancient Times (Romanian Case Studies) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1784912069 ISBN 13: 9781784912062

Publisher: Archaeopress Archaeology, 2015

Synopsis

The present volume reunites most of the papers that were presented at the second meeting of the Homines, Funera, Astra Symposium on Funerary Anthropology that took place at ‘1 Decembrie 1918’ University, Alba Iulia, between 23rd and 26th September 2012. The theme of the volume is Life beyond Death in Ancient Times. The intention was to create a forum for discussing Prehistoric, Roman and Migration Period burial practices from Central and South-Eastern Europe, focusing on elements that might suggest belief in afterlife. The interdisciplinary character of the volume is provided by the varied approaches to the archaeology by the contributors, resulting in exploring the subject from multiple perspectives: archaeological, anthropological, geological, architectural, landscape, and epigraphic. Seven studies are dedicated to prehistoric burial practices, discussing discoveries dating from the Palaeolithic (one study), Neolithic and Copper Age (four studies), and Bronze Age (one study). A study focusing on methodology proposes a non-invasive method of analysis for burial mounds, with examples from the Bronze and Iron Ages. Two studies focusing on the Roman Period and another on the Migration Period complete our vision of funerary archaeology for this part of Europe. The editor’s wish to express their joy that the editorial project, which started with the publication of the first HFA volume (R. Kogălniceanu, R.-G. Curcă, M. Gligor and S. Stratton (eds.), Homines, Funera, Astra. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Funerary Anthropology, 5-8 June 2011, ‘1 Decembrie 1918’ University, Alba Iulia, Romania. Oxford, Archaeopress, BAR International Series 2410), is followed by the present book. The basis for the series dedicated to burial archaeology with the intention to be a useful, modern, interdisciplinary instrument, is thus laid.

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About the Authors

Raluca Kogălniceanu is an archaeologist at the Institute of Archaeology in Bucharest, Romania, with an interest in prehistory, burial customs and spatial analysis.

Mihai Gligor is Professor at the University in Alba Iulia, Romania, focussing on Central and South-Eastern European prehistory, funerary archaeology, archaeometry and experimental archaeology.

Roxana-Gabriela Curcă is Associate Professor at Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania. She specializes in ancient history, Classical philology and the ethnography of salt. She has published on the correlation between ancient Greek/Latin texts and current practices in Moldova in the field of halotherapy.

Edition details

• Publisher: Archaeopress Archaeology
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1784912069
• ISBN 13: 9781784912062
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 132
• Editor: Kogălniceanu Raluca, Gligor Mihai, Curcă Roxana-Gabriela