Kyordyughen Site,Ymyiakhtakh Culture,Yakutia: An Interpretation of Burial Rite

A series of radiocarbon dates for the Late Neolithic burial at Kyordyughen, Yakutia, support its association with the Ymyiakhtakh culture. The article proposes a new interpretation of the burial rite in the context of the site. Possible reasons for the disruption of the burial are presented. The presence of the dismembered remains of another body may indicate the practice of human sacrifice. The emergence of warriors as a social group is discussed, and the question is raised as to whether such a group might have been present in the Late Neolithic societies of northeast Asia on the basis of evidence favoring social differentiation with regard to military status.     

Bone Modifications in an Early Holocene Cremation Burial from Palawan,Philippines

Fragments of a single human skeleton recovered from a discrete archaeological context and dating to the Early Holocene from Ille Site, Palawan, Philippines, provided a unique opportunity to utilise anthropogenic bone modifications to reconstruct the postmortem history of a body prior to its deposition. Aside from being burnt, the remains were found to exhibit a combination of cutmarks, scrape marks, and impact scars indicative of disarticulation, defleshing, and hammerstone percussion. The results clearly demonstrate a complex ritualistic treatment of the body prior to interment that, so far, has not been recorded in Southeast Asia. This thus adds to the growing data of varying burial traditions during the early Holocene across the region. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Ceramics of the Ulakhan-Segelennyakh Culture,Early Bronze Age,Yakutia

The principal diagnostic feature of the Bronze Age (2nd millennium BC) Ulakhan-Segelennyakh culture of southern, southwestern, and western Yakutia, which was first described by the present author, is pottery decorated with punched nodes in combination with dentate impressions and stamp imprints. This type of pottery differs from Ust-Mil pottery and resembles both ancestral Ymyiakhtakh ceramics and ceramics made by immigrants. The Ulakhan-Segelennyakh culture did not spread across all Yakutia, but occupied vast taiga regions in the basins of the Aldan, Olekma, Vilyui, and Middle Lena. Most immigrants were descendants of the Glazkovo people, and entered Yakutia along the upper reaches of these rivers.     

河北省迁安市开发区金代墓葬发掘清理报告

1996年春,在河北省迁安市北开发区清理发掘了三座金代墓葬,其中M1、M3的随葬晶非常丰富。M3出土了银器、玛瑙器、铜镜等珍贵文物,其葬式在中国北方实属罕见。从三座墓葬的布局来看,应为家族墓地。这次清理发掘,为研究金代历史提供了重要的实物资料。     

Burial of an early 19th century suicide in the crypt of St Bride's church,fleet street

A skull from the St Bride's collection showing evidence of gunshot wounds is described. The position of the wounds suggests that they were self-inflicted. Examination of historical records confirms that the individual committed suicide by shooting himself in the mouth. The fact that this individual was buried in the crypt of St Bride's church in 1821 is discussed in relation to early 19th century attitudes to suicide.     

浅析广西西林县普驮铜鼓葬

广西西林县普驮发现的“铜鼓葬”是古句町一种较为特殊的葬俗,时代为西汉晚期至东汉初,其特殊的葬俗、独特而丰富的随葬品,暗示此类葬俗是专为某类特殊的人群使用。我们认为西林普驮铜鼓葬的主人身份是句町部落集合体中具有显赫权威的精神领袖－巫师。     

Suruktakh-Khaya Sanctuary,Yakutia, Revisited: Tentative Results and Prospects

Since the expeditions led by A.A. Savvin in 1939 and by A.P. Okladnikov in 1941, Suruktakh-Khaya, a key rock art site on the Markha River, Yakutia, was only revisited recently in 2011. The paintings at the site, unlike those at most sites on the Middle Lena, are quite satisfactorily preserved, making it possible to conduct additional studies in August 2011 mostly using digital photography.     

Excavations at the Quaker Burial Ground,Kingston-upon-Thames,London

Abstract

Excavations in a Quaker burial ground at Kingston-upon-Thames uncovered the remains of 360 individuals buried between 1664 and 1814. Historical records combined with the evidence from the excavations have provided an insight into burial rites and undertaking practices of an early Nonconformist community. The archaeological evidence suggests that the simplicity and plainness of Quaker lifestyle were to a large extent reflected in burial. A detailed osteological analysis indicated a healthy, thriving community.     

Burial practices,material remains,and the anthropological record

Chapman, Robert, Ian Kinnes, and Klavs Randsborg, eds. The Archaeology of Death. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1981. vii + 159 pp. including preface, unified bibliogaphy, and index. $29.95 cloth.

Humphreys, S.C., and Helen King, eds. Mortality and Immortality: The Anthropology and Archaeology of Death. New York: Academic Press, 1981. x + 346 pp. including preface, separate chapter bibliographies, personal name index, and subject index. $34.50 cloth.     

Iron Age Burial in Wales: Patterns,Practices and Problems

Until the latter part of the twentieth century, Iron Age burial in Britain was thought to be largely archaeologically invisible. However, over the last 40 years the recovery of large assemblages of human remains, often from pits and ditches rather than beneath monumental structures, has changed our understanding of Iron Age funerary practices. The problem, though, is that the majority of this material derives from core areas of study, particularly southern England and Yorkshire. Our knowledge of burial in the more peripheral areas of Britain, such as Wales, is much more poorly understood. The perceived paucity of burials from such regions is often still interpreted as resulting from the practice of archaeologically invisible disposal methods such as excarnation or the scattering of cremated remains. This paper presents a comprehensive review and analysis of Iron Age human remains in Wales. Although the resource for study is relatively small, a variety of practices, disposal methods and treatments of bodies can be recognized which challenge our current narratives. The scarcity of burials when compared to other parts of Britain, such as Wessex, is suggested to be a result of both poor preservation and bias in archaeological research strategies, rather than the dominance of an ‘invisible’ burial rite.     

成都市新津县大云山东汉崖墓的清理

2005年成都文物考古研究所与新津县文物管理所联合发掘了新津县大云山崖墓群中的一座东汉崖墓。该墓为长方形平顶单室墓,共有9个侧室,残存16具陶棺,出土了少量陶器、青铜器、铁器和石器。该墓是迄今为止四川崖墓中发现的葬具最多、使用时间最长的墓葬。     

Family Burial,Family Structure,and The Urbanization of Herodian Jerusalem

Abstract

Epigraphic, archaeological, and historical data indicate that most of the population in Herodian Jerusalem was buried in family caves. In several cases, however, Diaspora Jews and proselytes were buried together, replacing the family by an alternative reference group of other immigrants or proselytes. Furthermore, the Qumran sectarians, and perhaps also some early Christians and pharisaic haverim, chose to withdraw from their families and to be buried in the sphere of the sect. This distinctive burial practice results from the ideological tension between the sect and the family (of the sectarian member).

Analysis of the number of niches in 306 burial caves (presumably familial caves) in light of the skeletal remains from some of these caves leads to a tentative reconstruction of the family structure in Herodian Jerusalem. Most prevalent were the nuclear and the small extended families, whereas hamulas were distinctively rare. It seems that the average family became smaller during the Herodian period. It is suggested that this process was due to the urbanization of Jerusalem, and that the change in family structure accelerated the growth of individualism in Jerusalem society.     

襄樊长虹南路墓地第二次发掘简报

本文简要介绍了在襄樊市长虹南路墓地发掘的13座墓葬,其中东汉墓2座、隋墓2座、唐墓9座。均为砖室墓,随葬器物有陶、硬陶、瓷、铜、铁、铅锡、金、银器等。它们的发掘丰富了本地区汉唐时期墓葬资料,尤其是M16画像石门的结构填补了东汉墓葬发掘的空白。     

集安洞沟古墓群禹山墓区2112号墓

YM2112号墓位于洞沟古墓群禹山墓区中部南缘的平敞地带,1994年5月清理发掘,保存较好.墓葬为阶坛石圹墓,建墓之初曾筑有墓道和耳室,后来又用石块进行封堵,最终形成一座无墓道和耳室的阶坛石圹墓.墓葬出土金、银、鎏金、铁、陶等各类器物350余件.     

苏州阳山俞墩土墩墓发掘简报

2012年3月,苏州市考古研究所对苏州阳山俞墩进行了发掘,共发现墓葬7座、器物群1处及大量的随葬器物。7座墓葬时代跨度涵盖了马桥文化、西周、春秋几个时期,包含了竖穴岩坑墓、竖穴土坑墓、石床型土墩墓等墓葬形制。其中,M7属于马桥文化时期,为苏州首次发现;M6为西周中晚期的竖穴岩坑墓,是土墩中心位置的大型墓葬,可能为高等级的贵族大墓。     

辽宁省北宁市鲍家乡桃园村大平滩辽墓

大平滩辽墓位于辽宁省北宁市鲍家乡桃园村东北医巫闾山东麓一阳坡处,早年曾数次被盗.该墓系砖筑单室,由墓道、墓门、主室三部分组成.主室平面呈八角形,每相对两边长相等.出土遗物主要包括玉环、玉带饰、鎏金铜带扣等.根据墓室结构和出土遗物分析其年代当在辽代中晚期.     

Death and Burial Customs in Wiltshire.

Lavanis (ballads in the Kannada language) produced a vast body of discourse about the colonizers in Karnataka. They offer us glimpses of colonial relations, perceptions, and representations from the Indian side of the relationship. Such discourse ultimately allowed the British officials and the folk narrators to represent and legitimize both themselves and ‘the other’ simultaneously.