Archaeological investigations at Pecica "Șanțul Mare": The 2006 Campaign

O’Shea, John; Barker, Alex W.; Nicodemus, Amy; Sherwood, Sarah C.; Szentmiklosi, Alexandru

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“…Processually trained archaeologists view this attitude as a manifestation of the postprocessual paradigm in its most nihilistic postmodern form: a sterile, interpretationist approach that represents a retreat from the rigorous investigation of the mortuary record and can ultimately contribute nothing to our understanding of such practices in the past (O'Shea 2006). For processualists, mortuary practices in the past were not random but were both meaningful and expressive-the problem lay in how those meanings and expressions were interpreted (Chapman & Randsborg 1981, p. 2).…”

Section: The Archaeology Of Death Reduxmentioning

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“…The question is whether the application of such approaches, upon development, will be possible in the United States. American archaeologists with an interest in mortuary analysis, including some Classical archaeologists who can no longer excavate in Greece because of increasingly stringent permitting requirements, have begun to shift their field sites to Europe, Eurasia (Hanks 2010), South America, or Asia, as numerous new projects initiated in Eastern Europe (Mason 1996, Papadopoulos et al 2007) and the former Soviet Union ( Johnson & Hanks 2012, O'Shea 1996, O'Shea et al 2005 clearly indicate. However, the vast amount of skeletal material that still remains in museums and universities, coupled with the ongoing discovery and excavation of human remains due to construction and expansion of urban centers, means that scholars in the United States must maintain an active role in mortuary studies, one way or another (c.f., Ambrose et al 2003;Armelagos 2003Armelagos , 2013Billman et al 2000;Cordell & Kintigh 2010;Eerkens et al 2013;Emerson et al 2010;Hally 2004;Hodge 2004;Kakaliouras 2012;Mack & Blakey 2004;Martin 1997;Neuhauser 2009;P.…”

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The Archaeology of Death: Mortuary Archaeology in the United States and Europe 1990–2013

Arnold

Jeske

2014

Annu. Rev. Anthropol.

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Mortuary archaeology has always been viewed as one of the most richly evocative sources of evidence for past social systems, particularly those without writing. However, the political context within which archaeology developed as a discipline, especially in countries with a colonial past, has made it difficult or impossible for the burial record to be utilized to its full potential. Ironically, this moratorium on the use of human remains for research purposes has been accompanied by the development of new analytical techniques, including ancient DNA (aDNA) and chemical analysis of skeletal material, which provide powerful tools for understanding complex social relationships and mobility within and between ancient populations. This review focuses on the United States and Europe because of the close relationship between their scholarly communities, as a result of which the limits placed on mortuary archaeology in the United States has had and continues to have a direct impact on the development of the discipline in numerous European countries. The inferential potential of bioarchaeology in particular is discussed against the backdrop of these sociohistorical developments, and the case studies presented highlight the powerful array of interdisciplinary approaches now being brought to bear on our understanding of ancient social systems.

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Section: New World/old World Split: From Chasm To Bridge?mentioning

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The Archaeology of Death: Mortuary Archaeology in the United States and Europe 1990–2013

Arnold

Jeske

2014

Annu. Rev. Anthropol.

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Evidence for Holocene Aeolian Activity at the Close of the Middle Bronze Age in the Eastern Carpathian Basin: Geoarchaeological Results from the Mureş River Valley, Romania

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While extensive Pleistocene loess deposits have been identified across Eurasia, Holocene age loess (typically nonglaciogenic) is rarely recognized. We explore possible loess deposits in the Mureş River Valley of western Romania, providing a regional signal of increased aridity during the mid‐late Holocene. This proposed aridity may be responsible for the abandonment of Middle Bronze Age tell settlements along the major drainages of the eastern Carpathian Basin (Pannonian plain). This hypothesis centers on a proposed aeolian deposit (the “Pecica deposit”), a ca. 50–80 cm thick, relatively homogeneous, gray layer blanketing the top of the Bronze Age tell of Pecica—Şanţul Mare. Comparing the morphological, geochemical, and physical characteristics of this specific tell deposit with two representative profiles near the site containing glaciogenic calcareous loess and potential Holocene loess deposits developed in Chernozems, we find significant similarities to support this hypothesis. We then review various forms of proxy data published from elsewhere in Central and Eastern Europe suggesting a warming trend during this period. The temporal placement of the Pecica deposit is bracketed using diagnostic artifacts, radiocarbon dates, and the degree of soil development, suggesting a period of increased aridity likely occurring soon after the 17th century B.C.

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Archaeological investigations at Pecica "Șanțul Mare": The 2006 Campaign

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The Archaeology of Death: Mortuary Archaeology in the United States and Europe 1990–2013

The Archaeology of Death: Mortuary Archaeology in the United States and Europe 1990–2013

Evidence for Holocene Aeolian Activity at the Close of the Middle Bronze Age in the Eastern Carpathian Basin: Geoarchaeological Results from the Mureş River Valley, Romania

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