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Crafting Beyond Habitual Practices: Assessing the Production of a House Urn from Iron Age Central Italy

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Caroline Jeffra ¹ ✉

Publication Date

2020-11-25

EXARC Journal Issue 2020/4

A house-shaped urn dating to the Early Iron Age from Central Italy was technologically assessed in order to establish the forming techniques necessary to produce it. This hypothesized forming sequence was then tested through the production of two experimental urns. It was found that there is a meaningful relationship between the clay texture choices, the forming techniques, and the overall morphology of the finished object...

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Comparing Mummification Processes: Egyptian & Inca

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Emma J. Williams ¹ ✉

Publication Date

2018-05-22

EXARC Journal Issue 2018/2

This two-year research project was carried out as part of SUNY Potsdam’s Presidential Scholars program which allows undergraduates to conduct independent research. The project employs controlled laboratory experiments to compare desiccation rates in natural and artificial mummification processes while considering the cultural context of the funerary practices. Artificial mummification techniques of ...

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‘Re-rolling’ a Mummy: an Experimental Spectacle at Manchester Museum

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Lidija McKnight ¹ ✉

Publication Date

2018-02-25

EXARC Journal Issue 2018/1

Introduction

The unwrapping and dissection of mummified bodies was a common practice in 19th century Europe. These autopsies were conducted as part of scientific endeavours and social spectacles, motivated by a desire to advance the fields of science, medicine and archaeology, coupled with a sense of macabre fascination (Moshenska, 2014). The scientific capability required to study mummified remains non-invasively had yet to be developed, leading to the destruction of many hundreds of specimens.

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Animal Teeth in a Late Mesolithic Woman’s Grave, Reconstructed as a Rattling Ornament on a Baby Pouch

Author(s)

Riitta Rainio ¹ ✉,

Annemies Tamboer ²

Publication Date

2018-02-25

EXARC Journal Issue 2018/1

10th EAC Leiden 2017
***In one of the Late Mesolithic graves at Skateholm, Sweden, dating from 5500–4800 BC, was buried a woman together with a newborn baby. Altogether 32 perforated wild boar (Sus scrofa) teeth, along with traces of red ochre pigment, were found in this grave. We interpreted these artefacts as a rattling ornament decorating a baby pouch...

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The Mummification of Votive Birds: Past and Present

Author(s)

Stephanie D. Atherton ¹,

Lidija M. McKnight ¹ ✉

Publication Date

2014-02-15

EXARC Journal Issue 2014/1

Introduction

Animal mummies can be divided into four types: pets, mummified to accompany their owners into the Afterlife; victual, prepared and mummified food offerings for consumption in the Afterlife; cult, an individual selected based upon specific characteristics and markings to be an avatar for their prospective deity; and votive, where the whole population of certain species associated with a particular deity were classed as sacred and therefore worthy of mummification (Ikram and Iskander 2002; Ikram 2005; McKnight 2010).

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Did you have find treasures in the megalithic tombs in Northwest Schleswig (DE)?

It is a question of what you understand as a „treasure“: There were no gold finds or something like this, but there were finds of stone and ceramics which are very important from a cultural historic perspective! They are treasures for archaeologists!

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Are there still skeletons in the megalithic tombs in Northwest Schleswig (DE)?

No, because the skeletons could not be preserved in the dry sandy soils of the Northern German Geest-area...

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What is a megalithic tomb (hunebed)(NL)?

A megalithic tomb (in the Netherlands called 'hunebed') is a 'room' made of large boulders in which the dead were buried. The Dutch megalithic tombs were built between 3.400 - 3.200 BC by the people of the funnel beaker (TRB) culture.

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Where were Romans buried (NL)?

If at all, Romans were buried outside the city-gates, probably for hygienic purposes. Travellers on the main roads leading to the city were greeted by a long queue of tombstones. The inscription on Roman graves sometimes even welcomed visitors coming to the city.

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Crafting Beyond Habitual Practices: Assessing the Production of a House Urn from Iron Age Central Italy

Comparing Mummification Processes: Egyptian & Inca

‘Re-rolling’ a Mummy: an Experimental Spectacle at Manchester Museum

Introduction

Animal Teeth in a Late Mesolithic Woman’s Grave, Reconstructed as a Rattling Ornament on a Baby Pouch

Funerary

The Mummification of Votive Birds: Past and Present

Introduction

Did you have find treasures in the megalithic tombs in Northwest Schleswig (DE)?

Are there still skeletons in the megalithic tombs in Northwest Schleswig (DE)?

What is a megalithic tomb (hunebed)(NL)?

Where were Romans buried (NL)?

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