Early Bronze Age burial customs on the central Anatolian plateau

A view from Demircihöyük-Sarıket

Bibliographic Data

ID10960838
AuthorsMichele Massa (0000-0003-4992-9016, University College London, corresponding author)
Year2014
Volume64
Pages73-93
Publication date2014-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAnatolian Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0066-1546 • E-ISSN: 2048-0849
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0066154614000064
OpenAlexW2153852424
LanguageEN
Citations received16

This paper focuses on the analysis of the cemetery of Demircihöyük-Sarıket, for which exists one of the largest Early Bronze Age funerary datasets published to date in Anatolia. The size and quality of the sample allow the dataset to be approached quantitatively, to determine both normative and anomalous funerary practices, and to detect distinct patterns of burial treatment for different segments of the population represented in the cemetery. Despite the small size of the community (ca 100–130 people), the results suggest a rather complex picture, in which the choice of specific burial containers, the relative wealth of grave assemblages and the selection of particular sets of items were dependent on differences in the age, gender, occupation and achieved status of the deceased. Comparison with other contemporary funerary assemblages helps to place Demircihöyük-Sarıket and these community-scale observations within their wider cultural context in central Anatolia

Ancient history · Archaeology · Bronze · Bronze Age · Cartography · Context (archaeology · Geography · Normative · Plateau (mathematics · Population · Scale (ratio · Sociology · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Ancient Near East History · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Demography · History

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