Revisiting the Tomb: Mortuary Practices in Habitation Areas in the Transition to the Late Bronze Age at Kirrha, Phocis

Lagia, Αnna; Moutafi, Ioanna; Orgeolet, Raphaël; Skorda, Despoina; Zurbach, Julien

doi:10.1515/9783110480573-009

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“…Both sites are of special significance to the understanding of social dynamics in the so called "transitional" period from Middle to Late Bronze Age on the Greek mainland. The changing burial customs observed in both sites reflect a vibrant discourse between the past, present and future, well in accordance with the changing social landscape of this seminal period at the dawn of the Mycenaean civilization (Lagia et al, 2016;Moutafi and Voutsaki, 2016). Hence, Kirrha and Ayios Vasileios are ideal sites to investigate the connection between individual mobility and changing traditions and were thus included to evaluate the applicability of the baselines calculated for Greece herein for future mobility studies.…”

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confidence: 92%

The geographic distribution of bioavailable strontium isotopes in Greece – A base for provenance studies in archaeology

Frank

Moutafi

Voutsaki

et al. 2021

Science of The Total Environment

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Section: Archaeological Sitesmentioning

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The geographic distribution of bioavailable strontium isotopes in Greece – A base for provenance studies in archaeology

Frank

Moutafi

Voutsaki

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Science of The Total Environment

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“…This study integrates taphonomy, archaeothanatology, forensic anthropology and social anthropology, and identifies a considerable degree of variation in funerary disposal and secondary treatment of the deceased. Similarly, Anna Lagia, in her work on Middle Bronze Age Kouphovouno in Laconia (ID1890) and Kirrha in Phokis (ID5430, ID4473; Cavanagh et al 2016;Lagia et al 2016), has recognized human remains which were exhumed and reburied. This is contrary to the dominant view of there being single articulated burials at this period, and suggests multi-stage funerary rituals where the grave was perceived as a place of continuous revisitation by the living.…”

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Human osteoarchaeology in Greece: research themes, challenges and potential

Nikita

Triantaphyllou²

2017

Arch. Rep.

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The development of human osteoarchaeology in Greece has been the subject of a number of papers (for example Agelarakis 1995; Roberts et al. 2005; Buikstra and Lagia 2009; Lagia et al. 2014). The volume New Directions in the Skeletal Biology of Greece (Schepartz et al. 2009) constituted a milestone in the field by bringing together the work of multiple scholars, employing a diverse thematic focus and stressing the value of the potential of human osteoarchaeology in exploring the past. Recent years have witnessed significant developments in the field across Greece with respect to the research themes explored and the methodological approaches adopted, as well as important institutional changes. These developments are reflected in this review, which focuses on the progress of human osteoarchaeological studies in Greece in the 21st century, the research questions they address, the challenges they face and their envisaged future.

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“…Recent studies on the treatment of the dead in Prepalatial and Protopalatial Crete form part of a broader trend in Aegean archaeology, which has witnessed, since the beginning of the 21 st century, a growing interest in bioarchaeological approaches to mortuary practices (e.g. Triantaphyllou 2001: 47-65;Lagia et al 2016;Moutafi & Voutsaki 2016;Jones 2018;Papakonstantinou et al 2020;Moutafi 2021). In particular, such approaches have demonstrated that commingled deposits from Early Mycenaean and Mycenaean collective tombs (17 ème -13 ème centuries BC) are the product of multiple forms of manipulations (Moutafi & Voutsaki 2016;Jones 2018;Moutafi 2021).…”

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Too many secondary burials in Minoan Crete?

Schmitt

Déderix

2021

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

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This article addresses the assumption that the mortuary record of Prepalatial and Protopalatial Crete (3000-1800 BC) is dominated by secondary burials and its corollary that the Minoans practiced double funerals. First, ethnographic and historical data are employed to examine the diverse types of funerary, post-funerary and non-funerary manipulations that produce secondary bone deposits. Then, the Sissi cemetery, located in northern Crete and used from Early Minoan IIA (2650-2450 BC) until Middle Minoan IIB (1850-1800 BC), is analyzed following the epistemological process of archaeothanatology, which makes it possible to test a whole range of potential scenarios rather than only one predetermined hypothesis. We argue that, at Sissi, secondary bone deposits are mostly the product of pragmatic gestures linked to the management of the sepulchral space. Such gestures are conducted with due respect for the community's forbears while contributing to their memorialization, but they must not be confused with double funerals and their associated set of funerary, social and economic correlates. Highlights This is the first application of archaeothanatology to the study of a Minoan cemetery. Secondary bone deposits may be the product of a broad range of funerary, postfunerary and non-funerary manipulations of the dead. Alternative hypotheses to secondary burials and double funerals must be considered. Mortuary practices related to secondary manipulations of the dead are reconstructed in the Sissi cemetery. At Sissi, secondary treatments of the dead are mostly related to the management of the sepulchral space.

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Revisiting the Tomb: Mortuary Practices in Habitation Areas in the Transition to the Late Bronze Age at Kirrha, Phocis

Cited by 6 publications

References 10 publications

The geographic distribution of bioavailable strontium isotopes in Greece – A base for provenance studies in archaeology

The geographic distribution of bioavailable strontium isotopes in Greece – A base for provenance studies in archaeology

Human osteoarchaeology in Greece: research themes, challenges and potential

Too many secondary burials in Minoan Crete?

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