Cremation vs. inhumation : modeling cultural changes in funerary practices from the Mesolithic to the Middle Ages in Belgium using kernel density analysis on 14C data
The adoption of a new funerary ritual with all its social and cognitive meanings is of great importance to understanding social transformations of past societies. The first known occurrence of cremation in the territory corresponding to modern Belgium dates back to the Mesolithic period. From the end of the Neolithic onward, the practice of cremation was characterized by periods in which this rite was predominant and periods of contractions, defined by a decrease in the use of this funerary ritual. This paper aims to quantify such phenomenon for the first time by modeling discontinuities in bu... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | journalarticle |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2020 |
Schlagwörter: | History and Archaeology / Archaeology / General Earth and Planetary Sciences / Belgium / cremation / inhumation / BONE APATITE / BRONZE-AGE / NEOLITHIC TRANSITION / RADIOCARBON-DATES / CALCINED BONES / CLIMATE-CHANGE / COLD EVENT / IRON-AGE / CHRONOLOGY / IMPACT |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27380750 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8684649 |