Petites filles ou petits garçons ? Discours et interprétations du mobilier funéraire des tombes d'enfants en bas âge dans les nécropoles grecques classiques

Bibliographic Data

ID4082188
AuthorsCéline Dubois (corresponding author)
Year2015
Issue97
Pages97-120
Publication date2015-02-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePallas (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0031-0387 • E-ISSN: 2272-7639
PublisherOpenEdition (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4000/pallas.2285
OpenAlexW1505912347
LanguageFR
Citations received2
References cited24

Because of their transitional biological and social state, infants are highly dependent on the other members of the Greek society, which implies important methodological questions relating to burial practices. This paper examines grave goods found with the infants, often used as sex-indicating like jewelries, to explore the plurality of meanings and messages (gender, social, economic, cultural...) formed by the same objects or group of objects. Analyzing young child burials allows a better understanding of the different logics organizing the funerary rituals that reveal not only the manifold identities of the deceased (children and adults), but of his family and relatives as well

Archaeology · Art · Ethnology · Geography · Grave goods · Humanities · Sociology · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Death, Funerary Practices, and Mourning · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies

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