Routledge Handbook of Archaeothanatology

<p>The Routledge Handbook of Archaeothanatology spans the gap between archaeology and biological anthropology, the field and laboratory, and between francophone and anglophone funerary archaeological approaches to the remains of the dead and the understanding of societies, past and present.</p><p>Interest in archaeothanatology has grown considerably in recent years in English-language scholarship. This timely publication moves away from anecdotal case studies to offer syntheses of archaeothanatological approaches with an eye to higher-level inferences about funerary behaviour and its meaning in the past. Written by francophone scholars who have contributed to the development of the field and anglophone scholars inspired by the approach, this volume offers detailed insight into the background and development of archaeothanatology, its theory, methods, applications, and its most recent advances, with a lexicon of related vocabulary.</p><p>This volume is a key source for archaeo-anthropologists and bioarchaeologists. It will benefit researchers, lecturers, practitioners and students in biological anthropology, archaeology, taphonomy and forensic science. Given the interdisciplinary nature of these disciplines, and the emphasis placed on analysis <i>in situ</i>, this book will also be of interest to specialists in entomology, (micro)biology and soil science.</p> <p>Introduction: Archaeothanatology, funerary archaeology and bioarchaeology: perspectives on the long view of death and the dead</p><p><em> Christopher J.<b> </b>Knüsel and Eline M.J. Schotsmans </em></p><p>Part I: Archaeothanatology – methodological guidelines </p><p>1. Methodological guidelines for archaeothanatological practice </p><p>Frédérique Blaizot </p><p>2. A tale of two worlds: Terminologies in archaeothanatology</p><p>Bruno Boulestin</p><p>3. Words between two worlds: Collective graves and related issues in burial terminology </p><p>Bruno Boulestin and Patrice Courtaud</p><p>4. Secondary cremation burials of past populations: Some methodological procedures for excavation, bone fragment identification and sex determination</p><p>Germaine Depierre </p><p>5. The accompanying dead</p><p>Bruno Boulestin</p><p>6. Denied funeral rites: The contribution of the archaeothanatological approach </p><p>Aurore Schmitt</p><p>Part II: Period-specific applications </p><p>7. Early primary burials: Evidence from Southwestern Asia</p><p>Anne-marie Tillier</p><p>8. The earliest European burials </p><p>Bruno Maureille </p><p>9. Beyond the formal analysis of funerary practices? Archaeothanatology as a reflexive tool for considering the role of the dead amongst the living: A Natufian case study </p><p>Fanny Bocquentin </p><p>10. What can archaeothanatology add? A case study of new knowledge and theoretical implications in the re-study of Mesolithic burials in Sweden and Denmark</p><p>Liv Nilsson Stutz</p><p>11. Neolithic burials of infants and children</p><p>Mélie Le Roy and Stéphane Rottier</p><p>12. Defining collective burials: Three case studies</p><p>Aurore Schmitt</p><p>13. Different burial types but common practice: The case of the funerary complex at Barbuise and La Saulsotte (France) at the beginning of the Late Bronze Age </p><p>Stéphane Rottier</p><p>14. Deathways of the Durotriges: Reconstructing identity through archaeothanatology in later Iron Age southern Britain</p><p>Karina <i>Gerdau-Radonić, Janne Sperrevik, Martin Smith, Paul Cheetham, and Miles Russell</i></p><p>15. The Roman cemetery of Porta Nocera at Pompeii: The contribution of osteological re-associations to the study of secondary cremation burials</p><p>Henri Duday</p><p>16. Reopening graves for the removal of objects and bones: Cultural practices and looting </p><p>Edeltraud Aspöck, Karina Gerdau-Radonić and Astrid Noterman</p><p>17. Cluniac funerary practices</p><p>Eleanor Williams</p><p>18. ‘Bring out your dead’: Funerary and public health practices in times of epidemic disease</p><p>Dominique Castex and Sacha Kacki</p><p>19. Jewish funerary practices in Medieval Europe</p><p>Philippe Blanchard</p><p>20. Islamic burials: Muslim graves and graves of Muslims</p><p>Yves Gleize</p><p>21. Recognising a slave cemetery: An example from colonial-period Guadeloupe, Lesser Antilles</p><p>Patrice Courtaud and Thomas Romon</p><p>Part III: Archaeothanatology of associated remains</p><p>22. Archaeothanatological approaches to associated remains in funerary contexts in Europe: An overview</p><p>Isabelle Cartron and Aurélie Zemour</p><p>23. An archaeothanatological approach to the identification of late Anglo-Saxon burials in wooden containers</p><p>Emma C. Green</p><p>24. Ceramic studies in funerary contexts from Roman Gaul</p><p>Christine Bonnet</p><p>25. Animal remains in burials</p><p>Patrice Méniel </p><p>26. <i>The walking dead</i> – life after death: archaeoentomological evidence in a Roman catacomb: (Saints Marcellinus and Peter, central area, 1st-3rd century AD)</p><p>Jean-Bernard Huchet and Dominique Castex</p><p>Part IV: Applied sciences, experiments and legal considerations</p><p>27. From flesh to bone: building bridges between taphonomy, archaeothanatology and forensic science for a better understanding of mortuary practices </p><p>Eline M.J. Schotsmans, Patrice Georges-Zimmerman, Maiken Ueland, and Boyd B. Dent</p><p>28. Exploring the use of actualistic forensic taphonomy in the study of (forensic) archaeological human burials: An actualistic experimental research programme at the Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State University (FACTS), San Marcos, Texas</p><p>Hayley L. Mickleburgh, Daniel J. Wescott, Sarah Gluschitz, and M. Victor Klinkenberg</p><p>29. An experimental approach to the interpretation of prehistoric cremation and cremation burials</p><p>Mogens B. Henriksen </p><p>30. The taphonomic and archaeothanatological potentials of diagenetic alterations of archaeological bone</p><p>Thomas J. Booth, David Brönniman, Richard Madgwick, and Cordula Portmann</p><p>31. 3D models as useful tools in archaeothanatology</p><p>Géraldine Sachau-Carcel</p><p>32. Use of archaeothanatology in preventive (salvage/rescue) archaeology and field research archaeology </p><p>Mark Guillon</p><p>33. Managing and reburying ancient human remains in France: From legal and ethical concerns to field practices</p><p>Gaëlle Clavandier</p><p>Part V: Lexicon of archaeothanatological terms</p><p>34. Lexicon of terms used in archaeothanatology: A work still in the process of becoming </p><p>Christopher J. Knüsel, Karina Gerdau-Radonić, and Eline M.J. Schotsmans</p>