I am working on Early Iron Age at Lower Danube, where in almost completely excavated settlements we have discovered a lot of infra mural burials. For understanding and finding a good explanation of this phenomenon I need to compare it with similar discoveries from different ages and areas.
Dear Oliver,
Thank you for your recommendations there are very useful for my work!
Sorin
Tombs were discovered in Neolithic houses in Cyprus . Also, they found some pit graves in Enkomi houses in Cyprus.
Dear Sorin-Cristian,
There are numerous examples of Neolithic burials under house floors from the Near East.
- Nerissa Russell and Bleda S. During
Worthy is the Lamb: A Double Burial at Neolithic Catalhoyuk (Turkey). Paleorient, Vol 32/1. 2006
This is a fantastic article detailing the intramural burial practices at the site with good visuals. The article is available on academia.edu
- P. Andrews, T. Molleson, and B. Boz
The Human Burials at Catalhoyuk. In Hodder's Inhabiting Catalhoyuk: reports from the 1995-1999 seasons. Cambridge press 2005.
- Karina Croucher
Death and Dying in the Neolithic Near East. Oxford Press 2012.
This is a more recent publication comparing numerous burial practices (including house burials) across the Near East.
Here is also a reference for the Balkans. I am sure there are more, this is just the one I am aware of.
Goce Naumov
Housing the dead: Burials inside houses and vessels in the Neolithic Balkans. - the author has put a pdf of the chapter on academia.edu.
Two adult burials burials dated to the Neolithic period have also been excavated in Armenia under a dwelling, however the report is in Armenian and I am not sure how helpful it will be for you.
Thank you very much Kristine!
Your recommendations sounds, and I am sure there are, very interesting!
Best regards,
Sorin
Dear Sorin-Cristian,
are you maybe published an article about medieval burials in settlements from Babadag and Enisala ?
I would be very grateful on this article.
Best regards,
Siniša
Dear Sorin-Cristian,
in the years of study I found the plastered skulls of the PPNB fascinating, which are often found in houses and can be regarded as partial burials:
Slon V, Sarig R, Hershkovitz I, Khalaily H, Milevski I (2014) The Plastered Skulls from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B Site of Yiftahel (Israel) – A Computed Tomography-Based Analysis. PLoS ONE 9(2): e89242. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0089242
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260447791_The_Plastered_Skulls_from_the_Pre-Pottery_Neolithic_B_Site_of_Yiftahel_Israel_-_A_Computed_Tomography-Based_Analysis
(Three plastered skulls found only near a building, but references for finds in buildings).
Seated burials under PPNB houses are described here:
Emma Guerrero, Miquel Molist, Ian Kuijt and Josep Anfruns, Seated Memory: New Insights into Near Eastern Neolithic Mortuary Variability from Tell Halula, Syria. Current Anthropology Vol. 50, No. 3 (June 2009), pp. 379-391
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/249179407_Seated_Memory_New_Insights_into_Near_Eastern_Neolithic_Mortuary_Variability_from_Tell_Halula_Syria
Best wishes,
Stefan
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