The present volume reunites most of the papers that were presented at the second meeting of the Homines, Funera, Astra Symposium on Funerary Anthropology that took place at '1 Decembrie 1918' University, Alba Iulia, between 23rd and 26th September 2012. The theme of the volume is Life beyond Death in Ancient Times. The intention was to create a forum for discussing Prehistoric, Roman and Migration Period burial practices from Central and South-Eastern Europe, focusing on elements that might suggest belief in afterlife. The interdisciplinary character of the volume is provided by the varied approaches to the archaeology by the contributors, resulting in exploring the subject from multiple perspectives: archaeological, anthropological, geological, architectural, landscape, and epigraphic. Seven studies are dedicated to prehistoric burial practices, discussing discoveries dating from the Palaeolithic (one study), Neolithic and Copper Age (four studies), and Bronze Age (one study). A study focusing on methodology proposes a non-invasive method of analysis for burial mounds, with examples from the Bronze and Iron Ages. Two studies focusing on the Roman Period and another on the Migration Period complete our vision of funerary archaeology for this part of Europe. The editor's wish to express their joy that the editorial project, which started with the publication of the first HFA volume (R. Kog?lniceanu, R.-G. Curc?, M. Gligor and S. Stratton (eds.), Homines, Funera, Astra. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Funerary Anthropology, 5-8 June 2011, '1 Decembrie 1918' University, Alba Iulia, Romania. Oxford, Archaeopress, BAR International Series 2410), is followed by the present book. The basis for the series dedicated to burial archaeology with the intention to be a useful, modern, interdisciplinary instrument, is thus laid.

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Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Foreword
List of contributors
Les communautés humaines et leur environnement
Les communautés humaines et leur environnement
Valentin-Codrin Chirica
Vasile Chirica
Vivre et mourir dans le Paléolithique de l’Europe.
Vivre et mourir dans le Paléolithique de l’Europe.
Figure 1. Mitoc – Malu Galben (Roumanie) : lithostratigraphie, archéologie, dates 14C et paléoenvironnement
Figure 2. Cosăuţi (Moldova) : lithostratigraphie, archéologie, dates 14C et paléoenvironnement
Figure 3. Molodova V (Ukraine): lithostratigraphie, archéologie, dates 14C et paléoenvironnement
Figure 4. La séquence de l’espace est-carpatique (±55.000-10.000 BP) (d’après Haesaerts et al. 2003, fig. 8).
Figure 5. La séquence de l’espace est-carpatique (±33.000-10.000 BP)
Figure 6. Principales séquences pour la Basse Autriche, la Moravie, la Slovaquie occidentale et le sud de la Pologne:
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Figure 1. Map of Romania with the location of Sălaj County.
Figure 2. The location of Porț in the Sălaj County territory.
Neolithic cremation graves and grave goods from Porţ – Corău (Sălaj County, Romania)
Neolithic cremation graves and grave goods from Porţ – Corău (Sălaj County, Romania)
Sanda Băcueţ Crişan
Figure 3. The site from Porț – Corău.
Figure 4. Porț – Corău. Cremation grave no. 1/2012 (C10).
Figure 5. Porț – Corău. The locations of the cremation and inhumation graves. ● - cremation graves; ■ - inhumation graves.
Figure 6. Porț – Corău. Cremation grave no. 5/2012 (C135).
Disposal of the dead
Disposal of the dead
Kirsty McLeod
Mihai Gligor
Uncommon mortuary practices from Alba Iulia – Lumea Nouă 2003 excavation
Uncommon mortuary practices from Alba Iulia – Lumea Nouă 2003 excavation
Figure 1. Human remains from Trench II/2003, □C, Pit G1. a) ▼0,65-0,75m; b) ▼0,90-0,95m; c) ▼1,10-1,15m; d) ▼1,20-1,30m. Legend: black = stone; red = adobe; yellow = bone.
Figure 2. 14C AMS calibrated date (calBC) from pit G1/2003 using OxCal v4.2.4.
Figure 4. a) Modelled date (BC) from pit G1/2003 using OxCal v4.2.4 - Start; b) Modelled date (BC) from pit G1/2003 using OxCal v4.2.4 – End.
Table 1. Sex determination of the frontal bone
Table 2. Sex determination using the femoral head
Table 3. Sex determination using bicondylar width
Table 4. Sex determination using humeral head
Table 5. Adult age estimation using teeth attrition
Table 6. Subadult age estimation using dental development
Table 7. Estimated age categories of the individuals in the 2003 collection.
Table 8. Estimated age and sex of six adults within the sample.
Table 9. Estimated stature from four right femurs
Figure 5. Possible healed rib fracture.
Figure 6. Twisting of this left humerus possibly indicates a healed fracture.
Figure 7. Cranium with depression fracture (up).
Figure 8. Cranium with depression fracture (up). Internal bevelling (down).
Internal bevelling (down)
Figure 10. Cranium with two depression fractures (up). Internal bevelling (down).
Figure 11. Sacralization of the 5th lumbar and 1st sacral vertebrae.
Figure 9. Cranium with depression fracture to the occipital bone.
Figure 12. Curvature and sacralization of the 5th lumbar and 1st sacral vertebrae.
Figure 14. Eburnation and joint surface pitting on a right and left patella.
Figure 15. Spinal osteophytosis.
Figure 16. Periostitis on a tibia fragment.
Figure 18. Periostitis on a fibula.
Figure 19. Cribra orbitalia on two eye orbit fragments.
Figure 21. Cut marks along the shaft of an adult femur.
Figure 22. Cut marks on the shaft of a subadult femur.
Figure 23. Cut marks along the shaft of a subadult ulna.
Figure 24. Traces of burning on a subadult mandible.
Figure 25. Traces of burning on a cranial fragment.
Figure 26. Traces of burning on a cranial frontal fragment.
Figure 27. Traces of burning on a proximal femur fragment.
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Constantin Haită
Figure 1. Map of Romania with the location of the cemetery.
Polished stone tools as grave goods in the Hamangia cemetery from Cernavodă – Columbia D
Polished stone tools as grave goods in the Hamangia cemetery from Cernavodă – Columbia D
Raluca Kogălniceanu
Typological and contextual analysis
Typological and contextual analysis
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Figure 2. Scattered distribution function of the two parameters considered
Figure 3. Length of the analyzed tools
Figure 4. Chisels.
Figure 5. Profiles of axes.
Figure 6. Maximum thickness of axes and adzes from Cernavodă – Columbia D.
Figure 10. Length of axes from Cernavodă – Columbia D.
Figure 7. Butt types for axes.
Figure 8. Distribution of axes as indicated by the relation between the considered parameters
Figure 9. Shapes of axes.
Figure 11. Size of the axes.
Figure 12. Profiles of adzes.
Figure 13. Butts of adzes.
Figure 14. Distribution of adzes as indicated by the relation between the considered parameters
Figure 15. Shapes of adzes.
Figure 16. Length of adzes from Cernavodă – Columbia D.
Figure 18. Dummies. a) unfinished tool (F 110), b) pebble imitating an axe (F 108), c) pebble resembling an adze (F 75).
Figure 19. Adze made of limestone (F 21).
Figure 21. Axe made of magmatic rocks (microdiorite) (F 70).
Figure 22. Axe made of magmatic/metamorphic rock (gneiss) (F 18).
Figure 23. Chisel made of greeschist (F 13).
Figure 24. Quartzitic pebble imitating an axe (F 76).
Figure 25. Use-wear traces near the blade.
Figure 26. Chips on the blade.
Figure 27. Reshaping of the active part (F 11).
Figure 28. Line of the blade.
Figure 29. Asymmetrical blade line of an axe (F 184).
Figure 30. Cernavodă – Columbia D. Internal organization of the site (Berciu et al. 1961, fig. 1, modified).
Figure 31. The distribution of all reported polished stone tools for each part of the Cernavodă – Columbia D cemetery.
Figure 32. The distribution of the analyzed and classified polished stone tools for each part of the Cernavodă – Columbia D cemetery.
Figure 33. The proportion of flat and bulged polished stone tools for each part of the Cernavodă – Columbia D cemetery.
Figure 34. The occurence of petrographic types for each part of the Cernavodă – Columbia D cemetery.
Figure 35. Placing of the polished stone tool near the upper right side of the body
Fig. 38. Placing of the tool in the chest area
Figure 36. Placing of the tool in the area of the right shoulder
Figure 37. Placing of the tool around the head
Figure 40. Placing of the tool left of the body
Figure 41. Sex and age of the deceased from the graves containing polished stone tools.
Cătălin Lazăr
Figure 1. The location of Sultana – Malu Roşu cemetery.
Mădălina Voicu
The distortion of archaeological realities through objects: a case study
The distortion of archaeological realities through objects: a case study
Figure 2. The general plan of the Sultana – Malu Roşu cemetery (2006-2012).
Figure 3. The flat polished stone axe from grave 1.
Table 1. The lithic artefacts from Sultana – Malu Roşu cemetery.
Table 2. The location of the lithic artefacts in relation to the body of the dead.
Figure 4. The long flint blade found in grave 11.
Figure 5. The grave 6 and the pot placed near skull.
Table 3. The typology and dimensions of beads from Sultana – Malu Roșu cemetery.
Figure 6. The Spondylus beads found in grave 13.
Figure 7. The malachite beads found in grave 1.
Table 4. The location of the adornments in relation to the body of the dead.
Table 5. The adornments from Sultana – Malu Roşu cemetery: showing type, quantity and raw material.
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Table 6. The funerary offerings from Sultana – Malu Roşu cemetery.
Figure 8. Sultana – Malu Roşu cemetery – grave goods and funerary offerings distribution (n = 67).
Figure 9. Sultana – Malu Roşu cemetery – grave inclusions distribution (n = 67).
Table 7. The grave intrusion types from Sultana – Malu Roşu cemetery.
Figure 10. Sultana – Malu Roşu cemetery – grave good type distribution (n = 18).
Figure 11. Sultana – Malu Roşu cemetery – grave goods distribution from quantitative perspective (n = 18).
Bogdan Petru Niculică
Dumitru Boghian
Figure 1. Funerary discoveries mentioned in the index.
Funerary constructions characteristic to the Komariv (Middle Bronze Age) communities of the Suceava Plateau
Funerary constructions characteristic to the Komariv (Middle Bronze Age) communities of the Suceava Plateau
Figure 2. The number of funerary discoveries considered for the study, for each archaeological site (total number of discoveries: 62).
Table 1. The characteristics of the funerary constructions from the Suceava Plateau.
Table 2. The characteristics of the cists and pseudo-cists - stone funerary constructions.
Figure 3. Adâncata – Imaş, T2. The stone construction and the rectangular ditch. Details (after Niculică 2006).
Figure 4. Adâncata – Imaş, T2. The circular ring in the southeastern corner of the mound (after Niculică 2006).
Figure 5. The orientation of stone funerary constructions of the Komariv culture from the Suceava Plateau.
Figure 6. Adâncata - Imaş, T5. The circular ditch.
Figure 7. Suceava - Câmpul Şanţurilor.
Figure 8. Costâna - Imaş, T1. Details
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Table 3. Stone constructions employed in the areas of manifestations of Bronze Age civilizations.
Alexandru S. Morintz
Identifying disturbances in the case of burial mounds. Case studies
Identifying disturbances in the case of burial mounds. Case studies
Figure 1. Rectangular grid.
Figure 2. Spider-web grid.
Figure 3. Satellite image with the area of the T3 burial mound.
Figure 4. The area of the T3 burial mound on a map at scale 1:25.000
Figure 5. A mound from the same area as T3, presenting recent traces of looting.
Figure 6. T3 burial mound before excavation.
Figure 7. T3 burial mound: the map with contour lines.
Figure 8. T3 burial mound: three-dimensional model.
Figure 10. Piece of wood used at Complex 1.
Figure 11. Complex 1, sequence 1 of stones.
Figure 12. Complex 1, sequence 5 of stones.
Figure 9. T3 burial mound: identified complexes.
Figure 13. Metal object discovered in Complex 1, sequence 4 of stones.
Figure 14. Tin component of an agricultural machine discovered in Complex 1, sequence 1 of stones.
Figure 15. Bârseşti – Lacul Dumbrăvii, the landscape in 2013.
Figure 16. Bârseşti – Lacul Dumbrăvii, 2013 survey; interval between contour lines of 0.5 m.
Figure 17. Bârseşti – Lacul Dumbrăvii, 2013 survey; interval between contour lines of 0.1 m.
Figure 18. Bârseşti – Lacul Dumbrăvii, three-dimensional model with the altitude scale increased four times.
A few notes on the emergence and distribution of variously shaped ditched enclosures in the Sarmatian environment, with or without graves inside
A few notes on the emergence and distribution of variously shaped ditched enclosures in the Sarmatian environment, with or without graves inside
Vitalie Bârcă
Figure 1. Circular, square, rectangular and trapezoidal ditch enclosures
Figure 2. Square ditch enclosures at Bădragii Noi
Figure 3. Plan of the cemetery at Kholmskoe
Figure 4. Ditched enclosures of various shapes in the cemetery at Vasilevka
Figure 5. Rectangular and circular ditch enclosures.
Figure 6. Trapezoidal and circular ditch enclosures.
Figure 7. Variously shaped ditched enclosures in the barrow cemetery at Zhuravka
Figure 8. Ditched enclosures in the Sarmatian environment of the Pannonian Plain.
A few remarks on CIL VI 3419 (= IDRE 27)
Récit de vie behind funerary texts
Violeta-Maria Răileanu
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An eques romanus and his slave in a new funerary inscription from Troesmis
An eques romanus and his slave in a new funerary inscription from Troesmis
Figure 1. Map of Moesia Inferior.
Lucreţiu Mihailescu-Bîrliba
Figure 2. The upper (a) and lower (b) portion of the inscription.

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