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

9781784912062: Homines, Funera, Astra 2: Life Beyond Death in Ancient Times (Romanian Case Studies)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1784912069 ISBN 13: 9781784912062

Publisher: Archaeopress Archaeology, 2015

This volume presents papers from the second Homines, Funera, Astra Symposium on Funerary Anthropology that took place at '1 Decembrie 1918' University, Alba Iulia, between 23rd -26th September 2012. The theme of the conference was The Archaeology of Death in Ancient Times. Life beyond Life? and was intended to be a forum for discussing Prehistoric, Roman and Migration Period burial practices from central and southeastern Europe, focusing on elements that might suggest belief in an afterlife. The interdisciplinary character of the symposium was provided by the varied approaches of the participants to the archaeology, resulting in multiple perspectives (archaeological, anthropological, geological, architectural, landscape, and epigraphic). Seven studies were dedicated to prehistoric burial practices, discussing discoveries dating from the Palaeolithic, Neolithic and Copper Age, and Bronze Age. A study focusing on methodology proposes a non-invasive method of analysis for burial mounds, with examples from the Bronze and Iron Age. Two studies focusing on the Roman Period and another on the Migration Period complete our image of funerary archaeology for this part of Europe. The study of human funerary behaviour represents the most important aspect of this volume.

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