Neolithic human burial practices

Opis

This book presents the results of the analyses of Funnel Beaker, Lublin-Volhynian, Funnel Beaker-Baden, and Corded Ware burial data from Bronocice, Poland. In addition, we describe the single burials from Olszanica, Dziekanowice and Michałowice. At the site of Bronocice a cemetery was located Icontaining several burials as well as a vast set-tlement in which isolated burials, skulls and partial human remains were also encountered. All of these lived and died during the 1200 years span the site was occupied and frequented. Each individual is worthy of attention and tells a complex story derived in part from its skeletal remains, burial or depositional context, or its cultural association.

Spis treści

Introduction

Chapter 1
Sarunas Milisauskas, Janusz Kruk and Marie-Lorraine Pipes - Introduction

Part I
The Cultural Sequence of Bronocice (The Cultural)

Chapter 2
Sarunas Milisauskas and Janusz Kruk - Funnel Beaker, Lublin-Volhynian, Funnel Beaker-Baden and Corded Ware Cultures

Chapter 3
Janusz Kruk and Sarunas Milisauskas - Excavations at Bronocice

Chapter 4
Janusz Kruk and Sarunas Milisauskas - Chronology of Burials at Bronocice

Chapter 5
Sarunas Milisauskas, Janusz Kruk, Elżbieta Haduch and Marie-Lorraine Pipes - Funnel Beaker and Funnel Beaker-Baden Burials
Introduction
Distribution of Burials
Chronology and Types of Burials
General Observations

Chapter 6
Sarunas Milisauskas, Janusz Kruk, Elżbieta Haduch and Marie-Lorraine Pipes - Lublin-Volhynian (VI), Corded Ware (XI) and Possibly Baden Burial (XIII)
Introduction
Phase 2 – Lublin-Volhynian
Phase 5 Possibly Baden Collective Burial XIII
Corded Ware Burial

Chapter 7
Sarunas Milisauskas, Janusz Kruk and Marie-Lorraine Pipes - Neolithic Burials at Olszanica, Dziekanowice, Michałowice
Olszanica
Dziekanowice
Michałowice
Discussion

Part II
Description of Skeletal Remains (The Physical)

Chapter 8
Elżbieta Haduch - Description of Skeletons

Chapter 9
Elżbieta Haduch, Marie-Lorraine Pipes, Janusz Kruk and Sarunas Milisauskas - Age, Sex and Stature Distribution (Population Demographics)
Age at death
Sex
Stature
Number of Offspring per Woman

Chapter 10
Elżbieta Haduch, Janusz Kruk, Sarunas Milisauskas and Marie-Lorraine Pipes - Health, Diseases and Injuries
Injuries and Indications of Violence
Diseases and Signs of Poor Health
Developmental or Congenital Disorders
Skull and Tooth Morphological Traits
Summary

Part III
Description of Burial Materials (The Material)

Chapter 11
Marie-Lorraine Pipes, Janusz Kruk, Sarunas Milisauskas - Description of Animal Burials
Introduction
Dog Burials
Sheep Burials
Pig Burials
Cattle Burials
Roe Deer Burial
Summary

Chapter 12
Maria Lityńska-Zając, Janusz Kruk, Sarunas Milisauskas - Plant and Charcoal Remains from the Burials at Bronocice

Chapter 13
Marie-Lorraine Pipes, Janusz Kruk and Sarunas Milisauskas - Bone, Teeth, and Shell Objects from Burial Contexts
Introduction
Bone, Teeth and Shell as Raw Materials
Description of Burials Goods
Distribution Patterns
Conclusion

Chapter 14
Marie-Lorraine Pipes, Janusz Kruk and Sarunas Milisauskas - Faunal Remains as Food Offerings from Burial Contexts
Introduction
Description of Faunal Remains
Discussion

Part IV
Social Aspects of Burial Traditions at Bronocice (The Social)

Chapter 15
Marie-Lorraine Pipes, Janusz Kruk, Sarunas Milisauskas - Burying the Dead Burial Traditions at Bronocice
Introduction – The living and the dead
Burial Traditions at Bronocice
Cemetery and Settlement
Summary

Chapter 16
Sarunas Milisauskas, Janusz Kruk and Marie-Lorraine Pipes - General Observations on the Bronocice Burials

References

Appendices

Appendix A
Ben Kamphaus, Janusz Kruk, Sarunas Milisauskas and T. Douglas Price - Quantitative Analysis of Trace Element Components

Appendix B
Krzysztof Szostek, Elżbieta Haduch, Beata Stepańczak, Janusz Kruk, Anita Szczepanek, Katarzyna Mądrzyk, Henryk Głąb, Sarunas Milisauskas - Oxygen Isotopic Composition of Individuals Buried in a Neolithic Collective Grave at Bronocice – Weaning Stress Reconstruction and Identification of Origin