Introduction: Archaeothanatology, funerary archaeology and bioarchaeology: perspectives on the long view of death and the dead Christopher J. Kn???sel and Eline M.J. Schotsmans Part I: Archaeothanatology - methodological guidelines 1. Methodological guidelines for archaeothanatological practice Fr???d???rique Blaizot 2. A tale of two worlds: Terminologies in archaeothanatology Bruno Boulestin 3. Words between two worlds: Collective graves and related issues in burial terminology Bruno Boulestin and Patrice Courtaud 4. ...
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Introduction: Archaeothanatology, funerary archaeology and bioarchaeology: perspectives on the long view of death and the dead Christopher J. Kn???sel and Eline M.J. Schotsmans Part I: Archaeothanatology - methodological guidelines 1. Methodological guidelines for archaeothanatological practice Fr???d???rique Blaizot 2. A tale of two worlds: Terminologies in archaeothanatology Bruno Boulestin 3. Words between two worlds: Collective graves and related issues in burial terminology Bruno Boulestin and Patrice Courtaud 4. Secondary cremation burials of past populations: Some methodological procedures for excavation, bone fragment identification and sex determination Germaine Depierre 5. The accompanying dead Bruno Boulestin 6. Denied funeral rites: The contribution of the archaeothanatological approach Aurore Schmitt Part II: Period-specific applications 7. Early primary burials: Evidence from Southwestern Asia Anne-marie Tillier 8. The earliest European burials Bruno Maureille 9. Beyond the formal analysis of funerary practices? Archaeothanatology as a reflexive tool for considering the role of the dead amongst the living: A Natufian case study Fanny Bocquentin 10. What can archaeothanatology add? A case study of new knowledge and theoretical implications in the re-study of Mesolithic burials in Sweden and Denmark Liv Nilsson Stutz 11. Neolithic burials of infants and children M???lie Le Roy and St???phane Rottier 12. Defining collective burials: Three case studies Aurore Schmitt 13. Different burial types but common practice: The case of the funerary complex at Barbuise and La Saulsotte (France) at the beginning of the Late Bronze Age St???phane Rottier 14. Deathways of the Durotriges: Reconstructing identity through archaeothanatology in later Iron Age southern Britain Karina Gerdau-Radonic, Janne Sperrevik, Martin Smith, Paul Cheetham, and Miles Russell 15. The Roman cemetery of Porta Nocera at Pompeii: The contribution of osteological re-associations to the study of secondary cremation burials Henri Duday 16. Reopening graves for the removal of objects and bones: Cultural practices and looting Edeltraud Asp???ck, Karina Gerdau-Radonic and Astrid Noterman 17. Cluniac funerary practices Eleanor Williams 18. 'Bring out your dead': Funerary and public health practices in times of epidemic disease Dominique Castex and Sacha Kacki 19. Jewish funerary practices in Medieval Europe Philippe Blanchard 20. Islamic burials: Muslim graves and graves of Muslims Yves Gleize 21. Recognising a slave cemetery: An example from colonial-period Guadeloupe, Lesser Antilles Patrice Courtaud and Thomas Romon Part III: Archaeothanatology of associated remains 22. Archaeothanatological approaches to associated remains in funerary contexts in Europe: An overview Isabelle Cartron and Aur???lie Zemour 23. An archaeothanatological approach to the identification of late Anglo-Saxon burials in wooden containers Emma C. Green 24. Ceramic studies in funerary contexts from Roman Gaul Christine Bonnet 25. Animal remains in burials Patrice M???niel 26. The walking dead - life after death: archaeoentomological evidence in a Roman catacomb: (Saints Marcellinus and Peter, central area, 1st-3rd century AD) Jean-Bernard Huchet and Dominique Castex Part IV: Applied sciences, experiments and legal considerations 27. From flesh to bone: building bridges between taphonomy, archaeothanatology and forensic science for a better understanding of mortuary practices Eline M.J. Schotsmans, Patrice Georges-Zimmerman, Maiken Ueland, and Boyd B. Dent 28. Exploring the use of actualistic forensic taphonomy in the study of (forensic) archaeological human burials: An actualistic experimental research programme at the Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State University (FACTS), San Marcos, Texas Hayley L. Mickleburgh, Daniel J. Wescott, Sarah Gluschitz, and M. Victor Klinkenberg 29. An experimental approach to t
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