Mesolithic cremations as elements of secondary mortuary rites at Vlasac (Serbia)
Апстракт
In the course of recent excavations of the Mesolithic-Neolithic site of Vlasac, new light has been shed on the mortuary practices and ritualistic behaviour of the Danube Gorges foragers on the basis of human remains with evidence of diverse treatments of dead human bodies. While the majority of burials from the site were found as articulated and some as disarticulated inhumations, there were also several cremation burials. The aim of this paper is to present the analyses of these burned remains, which were excavated in the course of 2006-2007 field seasons in the Danube Gorges. Some of the cremation pits contained calcified human bones, with charcoal and fragments of broken and burned projectile points. These contexts are compared with similar cremation pits found during the first excavations at Vlasac and other sites in the region in 1970-1971. Finally, we examine a series of plausible interpretations in order to sketch a belief system that was part of these funerary practices at Vlas...ac throughout the 71th millennium BC
Кључне речи:
Vlasac / the Danube Gorges / secondary mortuary practice / Mesolithic / cremationsИзвор:
Documenta Praehistorica, 2009, 36, 247-+Издавач:
- Univ Ljubljani, Fak Filozofska, Ljubljana
Финансирање / пројекти:
- Leverhulme Programme 'Changing Beliefs of the Human Body' based at the Universityof Cambridge
DOI: 10.4312/dp.36.16
ISSN: 1408-967X
WoS: 000301154800016
Scopus: 2-s2.0-84864297513
Институција/група
Arheologija / ArchaeologyTY - JOUR AU - Borić, Dušan AU - Raičević, Jelena AU - Stefanović, Sofija PY - 2009 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/883 AB - In the course of recent excavations of the Mesolithic-Neolithic site of Vlasac, new light has been shed on the mortuary practices and ritualistic behaviour of the Danube Gorges foragers on the basis of human remains with evidence of diverse treatments of dead human bodies. While the majority of burials from the site were found as articulated and some as disarticulated inhumations, there were also several cremation burials. The aim of this paper is to present the analyses of these burned remains, which were excavated in the course of 2006-2007 field seasons in the Danube Gorges. Some of the cremation pits contained calcified human bones, with charcoal and fragments of broken and burned projectile points. These contexts are compared with similar cremation pits found during the first excavations at Vlasac and other sites in the region in 1970-1971. Finally, we examine a series of plausible interpretations in order to sketch a belief system that was part of these funerary practices at Vlasac throughout the 71th millennium BC PB - Univ Ljubljani, Fak Filozofska, Ljubljana T2 - Documenta Praehistorica T1 - Mesolithic cremations as elements of secondary mortuary rites at Vlasac (Serbia) EP - + SP - 247 VL - 36 DO - 10.4312/dp.36.16 ER -
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Borić, D., Raičević, J.,& Stefanović, S.. (2009). Mesolithic cremations as elements of secondary mortuary rites at Vlasac (Serbia). in Documenta Praehistorica Univ Ljubljani, Fak Filozofska, Ljubljana., 36, 247-+. https://doi.org/10.4312/dp.36.16
Borić D, Raičević J, Stefanović S. Mesolithic cremations as elements of secondary mortuary rites at Vlasac (Serbia). in Documenta Praehistorica. 2009;36:247-+. doi:10.4312/dp.36.16 .
Borić, Dušan, Raičević, Jelena, Stefanović, Sofija, "Mesolithic cremations as elements of secondary mortuary rites at Vlasac (Serbia)" in Documenta Praehistorica, 36 (2009):247-+, https://doi.org/10.4312/dp.36.16 . .