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Rethinking Collective Burial in Mediterranean Caves: Middle Bronze Age Grotta Regina Margherita, Central Italy
Skeates, Robin; Beckett, Jessica; Mancini, Daniela; Cavazzuti, Claudio; Silvestri, Letizia; Hamilton, W. Derek; Sayle, Kerry L.; Crowder, Kayla D.; Rolfo, Mario; Angle, Micaela
Authors
Jessica Beckett
Daniela Mancini
Claudio Cavazzuti
Letizia Silvestri letizia.silvestri@durham.ac.uk
Visitor
W. Derek Hamilton
Kerry L. Sayle
Kayla D. Crowder
Mario Rolfo
Micaela Angle
Abstract
Drawing on the results of new multi-method research in Grotta Regina Margherita—the largest known Middle Bronze Age mortuary cave in west-central Italy (ca. 1650–1450 b.c.)—this article helps to replace the generic idea of “collective burial” with a more precise understanding of how the bodies of the deceased were transformed into potent social, symbolic, and sensuous resources housed in caves. It contextualizes this process within a nuanced understanding of settlement and subsistence practices, in which relatively short-lived and small-scale agricultural communities extended inland to the edge of the Apennine Mountains, ritually demarcating mortuary assemblages in caves in the process.
Citation
Skeates, R., Beckett, J., Mancini, D., Cavazzuti, C., Silvestri, L., Hamilton, W. D., …Angle, M. (2021). Rethinking Collective Burial in Mediterranean Caves: Middle Bronze Age Grotta Regina Margherita, Central Italy. Journal of Field Archaeology, 46(6), 382-398. https://doi.org/10.1080/00934690.2021.1917137
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Mar 23, 2021 |
Online Publication Date | May 3, 2021 |
Publication Date | 2021 |
Deposit Date | Jun 1, 2021 |
Publicly Available Date | Jun 1, 2021 |
Journal | Journal of Field Archaeology |
Print ISSN | 0093-4690 |
Electronic ISSN | 2042-4582 |
Publisher | Taylor and Francis Group |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 46 |
Issue | 6 |
Pages | 382-398 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/00934690.2021.1917137 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1247395 |
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