Reconstitution de gestes funéraires
Le linceul de la tombe 176 de la nécropole Nord de l’île de Saï (Province du Nord, Soudan)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4683305 |
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| Authors | David Peressinotto (Université de Bordeaux), Bruno Maureille (0000-0002-7616-0073, Université de Bordeaux), Yves Lecointe, Francis Geus (Finnish Heritage Agency) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Publication date | 2001-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cahiers du Centre de recherches anthropologiques (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1297-7810 • E-ISSN: 1777-5469 |
| Publisher | OpenEdition (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4000/bmsap.6098 |
| OpenAlex | W1519597470 |
| Language | FR |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
In a temperate environment, during the excavation of burials, it is very rare to find the remains of shroud pieces. At the opposite, the very dry climate of the Middle Nubia can explain by itself the exceptional conservation of soft parts of the human body (hair, nails, brain, muscular fibres, human coprolithes) as it is frequently found at the North necropolis (SN) of the Saï island (Northern Province, Sudan). In a post X-group and ante-Muslim burial (T. 176), the excavation has allowed the discovery of a very young individual still wrapped in a shroud. It has been possible to reconstruct the shape of the shroud, the way in which it was wrapped and fixed around the body. This has allowed us to present the hypothesis that the shape of the shroud and the way to attach it have had a voluntary influence in the final position of the child in the pit, i. e. a dorsal decubitus of the body with the head hyper-flexed on the top of the trunk. Then, even if one side of the tissue of the shroud has been tear without care, its final shape is voluntary and implies a well defined funeral practice for such a child. In a Nubian archaeological context, such a practice is described for the first time —for the post X Group period in Sudan— at the Saï Island. Moreover, the limited extension of the excavated archaeological surface of this necropolis has allowed the discovery of other individuals (adults, juveniles) with important and also well preserved pieces of tissues or shrouds. Then, the taphonomical as well as the paleobiological potentialities of this necropolis seem to be very important
Art · Humanities · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
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| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |