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The preburning condition of Chalcolithic cremated human remains from the Perdigoes enclosures (Portugal)

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dc.contributor.authorGodinho, Ricardo Miguel
dc.contributor.authorGoncalves, David
dc.contributor.authorCarlos Valera, António
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-24T10:51:56Z
dc.date.available2020-07-24T10:51:56Z
dc.date.issued2019-09
dc.description.abstractThe Iberian Chalcolithic displayed a remarkable variety of funerary practices, which has been related to interpopulation differences, intrapopulation social-cultural differences, and complex multistage funerary rituals. Perdigoes, a Chalcolithic set of ditched enclosures, reflects such diversity including a wide array of funerary practices. Among those practices is cremation, which, despite relatively rare, is represented in different structures in Perdigoes. One of these structures (Pit 40) presents an unparalleled high minimum number of individuals (n = 240), contrasting with nearby and coeval structures. In this study, we analyse heat-induced bone changes and other archaeothanatological variables to tentatively assess the preburning condition of the human remains. The results of Pit 40 are also compared with other comparable contexts to assess if this unique context presents further funerary differences relative to those other contexts in, for example, body processing. Our results suggest preferential cremation of fleshed human remains, but burning of at least a minority of skeletonised remains and deposition of possibly unburned remains also likely occurred. Body processing appears to be comparable with that of the cremation contexts of Perdigoes but contrasts with that of another nearby context (Dolmen of Olival da Pega 2b) in which burned bones were also found.
dc.description.sponsorshipPortuguese Foundation for Science and TechnologyPortuguese Foundation for Science and Technology [PEst-OE/SADG/UI0283/2013, POCI-01-0145-FEDER-016766, PTDC/EPH-ARQ/0798/2014, PTDC/IVC-ANT/1201/2014, SFRH/BPD/84268/2012]
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/oa.2768
dc.identifier.issn1047-482X
dc.identifier.issn1099-1212
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/14291
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherWiley
dc.subjectBone
dc.subjectFire
dc.titleThe preburning condition of Chalcolithic cremated human remains from the Perdigoes enclosures (Portugal)
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.awardURIinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/SFRH/SFRH%2FBPD%2F84268%2F2012/PT
oaire.citation.endPage717
oaire.citation.issue5
oaire.citation.startPage706
oaire.citation.titleInternational Journal of Osteoarchaeology
oaire.citation.volume29
oaire.fundingStream3599-PPCDT
oaire.fundingStreamSFRH
person.familyNameGodinho
person.familyNameValera
person.givenNameRicardo Miguel
person.givenNameAntónio
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project.funder.nameFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
project.funder.nameFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
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