Examining the multiplicity of burial practices within Neolithic stone cist graves in the Western Alpine Region

Steuri, Noah (17 September 2021). Examining the multiplicity of burial practices within Neolithic stone cist graves in the Western Alpine Region (Unpublished). In: Interdisciplinary Dialogues on Death Rituals: Materializing the Absent. Universität Bern. 16.-17.09.2021.

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The first cemeteries of the western alpine region are detec- table around 4800 BC. These consist of cist graves made of stone (or in some cases wood) slabs and become relative- ly widespread during the following millennium. Over this greater geographical area and long time period (until ca. 3800 BC) these graves remain relatively uniform. However, a wide range of burial practices and funerary rituals can be observed in the context of Neolithic stone cist graves; sing- le- and collective graves with multiple usage phases occur simultaneously and side by side, as do primary and secondary inhumations with cremations and manipulations of human remains. I will present different examples from selected sites in Switzerland, France and Italy analyzed in the context of my PhD project. The aim is to highlight the evolution and multiplicity of burial practices within stone cist graves using anthropological- and new radiocarbon data.

Item Type:

Conference or Workshop Item (Speech)

Division/Institute:

06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of History and Archaeology > Institute of Archaeological Sciences > Pre- and Early History

UniBE Contributor:

Steuri, Noah David

Subjects:

900 History > 930 History of ancient world (to ca. 499)

Funders:

[4] Swiss National Science Foundation

Language:

English

Submitter:

Noah David Steuri

Date Deposited:

13 May 2022 11:14

Last Modified:

20 Mar 2024 12:17

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/169991

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/169991

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