Embodiments of Death
The Funerary Sequence and Commemoration in the Bronze Age Levant
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 15912964 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Melissa S Cradic (0000-0001-6287-2670, autor correspondente) |
| Ano | 2017 |
| Volume | 377 |
| Páginas | 219-248 |
| Data de publicação | 2017-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Não |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 0003-097X • E-ISSN: 2161-8062 |
| Editora | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.5615/bullamerschoorie.377.0219 |
| OpenAlex | W2625694846 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 9 |
| Referências citadas | 9 |
This article presents an archaeological model for Levantine funerary rituals performed in the context of commingling inhumations. Using the case study of a masonry-constructed chamber tomb from Middle Bronze Age Tel Megiddo (Israel), the funerary sequence is reconstructed in three main phases: (1) pre-interment; (2) interment; and (3) post-interment. The sequential performance of funerary rituals in this shared burial space resulted in a high degree of skeletal fragmentation as previously interred corpses were moved aside to accommodate subsequent inhumations. However, rather than merely representing a functional aspect of burial, the repositioning of deceased bodies constituted a ritually meaningful practice that involved continuous physical interactions between the living and the dead. Drawing on theories of embodiment and methods of burial taphonomy, this article argues that mourners' close encounters with deceased bodies played a major role in transforming the status of the dead after burial. Ritualized fragmentation and intermingling of human skeletal remains were integral components of becoming an ancestor
Ancestor · Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Artifact (error · Biology · Bronze · Bronze Age · Context (archaeology · Fragmentation (computing · Grave goods · Sequence (biology · Taphonomy · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Forensic Entomology and Diptera Studies · History
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| Obras citantes distintas | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citações por ano | 1,13 |
| Intervalo de citações | 2018 - 2024 (7) |
| Velocidade de citação | recent |
| Altamente citado | Não |
| Tipos de citação | Neutras: 8 |