NEGOTIATING DEATH IN URNFIELD SOCIAL PRACTICES OF THE NORTHERN BALKANS: PERSPECTIVES скачать в хорошем качестве

NEGOTIATING DEATH IN URNFIELD SOCIAL PRACTICES OF THE NORTHERN BALKANS: PERSPECTIVES

This paper will explore mortuary practices in the earliest Urnfield phases of the Northern Balkans / Southern Carpathian Basin, taking the case of the settlement and cemetery at Gradiste Idjos. Specifically, we will provide new data on the treatment of individuals whose remains were fragmented and deposited in settlement contexts alongside the development from inhumation to cremation in formal flat cemeteries typical to the Urnfield tradition. This transition occurs at the time of the development of Belegis pottery, including a change from the Belegis I style to the Belegis II / Gava style that occurs, in various variants, throughout this wider region.This presentation will incorporate new absolute chronological data for these changes and consider the implications of the transition from inhumation (in graves and other locations) to cremation with reference to changes in landuse and settlement form that were coevally occurring. Our objective is to on the one hand evaluate the chronological parity of these developments and on the other hand to use bioarchaeological research to characterise the populations experiencing these changes. Author(s): Molloy, Barry (University College Dublin) - Fibiger, Linda (University of Edinburgh; University College Dublin) - Michael, Dimitra (University College Dublin) - Jovanovic, Dragan (Town Museum of Vrsac) - Mirkovic-Maric, Neda (Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments, Serbia)