
Homines, Funera, Astra 2
Life Beyond Death in Ancient Times (Romanian Case Studies)
Archaeopress Archaeology
Published on 31. October 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
132 pages
978-1-78491-206-2 (ISBN)
Description
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. Kogalniceanu, R.-G. Curca, 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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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Archaeopress
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
A4
Illustrations
Illustrated throughout in colour and black & white
Dimensions
Height: 212 mm
Width: 297 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
472 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78491-206-2 (9781784912062)
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Persons
Raluca Kogalniceanu 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 Curca 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.
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 Curca 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.
Editor
Institute of Archaeology, Bucharest, Romania
Professor of Prehistory1 Decembrie 1918 University of Alba Iulia, Romania
Associated ProfessorAlexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi
Content
Vivre et mourir dans le Paleolithique de l'Europe. Les communautes humaines et leur environnement (Valentin-Codrin Chirica and Vasile Chirica) Neolithic cremation graves and grave goods from Port - Corau (Salaj County, Romania) (Sanda Bacuet Crisan) Disposal of the dead. Uncommon mortuary practices from Alba Iulia - Lumea Noua 2003 excavation (Mihai Gligor and Kirsty McLeod) Polished stone tools as grave goods in the Hamangia cemetery from Cernavoda - Columbia D. Typological and contextual analysis (Raluca Kogalniceanu and Constantin Haita) The distortion of archaeological realities through objects: a case study (Catalin Lazar and Madalina Voicu) Funerary constructions characteristic to the Komariv (Middle Bronze Age) communities of the Suceava Plateau (Bogdan Petru Niculica and Dumitru Boghian) Identifying disturbances in the case of burial mounds. Case studies (Alexandru S. Morintz) A few notes on the emergence and distribution of variously shaped ditched enclosures in the Sarmatian environment, with or without graves inside (Vitalie Barca) Recit de vie behind funerary texts. A few remarks on CIL VI 3419 (= IDRE 27) (Violeta-Maria Raileanu) An eques romanus and his slave in a new funerary inscription from Troesmis (Lucretiu Mihailescu-Birliba)