Roman lamp from the Ἀρχέπολις workshop and other late antique lamps from Burial House 1/2007 in the Harbour Necropolis of Ephesos

2019 ◽  
pp. 321-334
Author(s):  
Marina Ugarković
Keyword(s):  
Arts And Crafts ◽  
Late Antique ◽  
Customer Demand ◽  
Burial Rites ◽  
Grave Goods

The article presents ceramic lamps discovered during the 2007 rescue excavation conducted in Burial House 1/2007 in the Roman and late antique Harbour Necropolis of Ephesos, located north of the harbour channel. An imported Roman lamp of probable Cypriot origin, with the first instance of an 'Aρχεπόλεως signature coming from Ephesos, is given special attention among the grave goods from Grave 3. It depicts Hercules dragging Cerberus from the Underworld. Other finds represent imported and local late antique arts and crafts. Some of these may have been used in the context of Ephesian burial rites, most conceivably as lighting devices, contributing thus to a better understanding of local crafts and customer demand.

Roman lamp from the Ἀρχέπολις workshop and other late antique lamps from Burial House 1/2007 in the Harbour Necropolis of Ephesus

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina Ugarković
Keyword(s):  
Arts And Crafts ◽  
Late Antique ◽  
Customer Demand ◽  
Burial Rites ◽  
Grave Goods

The article presents ceramic lamps discovered during the 2007 rescue excavation conducted in Burial House 1/2007 of the Roman and late antique Harbour necropolis of Ephesus, located north of the harbour channel. Special attention is placed on one of the grave goods discovered in Grave 3, an imported Roman lamp of probable Cypriot origin, with the first instance of an Ἀρχεπόλεως signature coming from Ephesus, depicting Hercules dragging Cerberus from the Underworld. Other finds belong to imported and local late antique artistic arts and crafts. Some of these might have been used in the context of Ephesian burial rites, most conceivably as lighting devices, adding also to our insight on local crafts and customer demand.

RADIOCARBON DATING OF A LATE ANTIQUE NECROPOLIS FROM FELANITX (MALLORCA, BALEARIC ISLANDS)

Radiocarbon ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
C Mas Florit ◽  
M Á Cau Ontiveros ◽  
M Van Strydonck ◽  
M Boudin ◽  
F Cardona ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Area ◽  
Radiocarbon Dating ◽  
Balearic Islands ◽  
Late Antique ◽  
Human Bones ◽  
The Village ◽  
Grave Goods

ABSTRACT The excavation of a building in the village of Felanitx in the eastern part of the island of Mallorca (Balearic Islands) has revealed the existence of a small necropolis. The inhumations did not provide grave goods except for a bronze belt buckle for which the typological study suggests a Late Antique chronology. The stratigraphical sequence however seems to suggest a possible evolution of the space across time since some graves are cut by others. In order to obtain an absolute date for the necropolis and to verify if there are chronological differences between the graves, a total of 6 human bones samples have been 14C dated by AMS. The results of the radiocarbon dating confirm a Late Antique chronology (4th to 7th century AD) for the graves but do not suggest a chronological evolution. Despite the fact that the knowledge of the necropolis is still fragmentary, the results are extremely important because they provide an absolute date for a Late Antique necropolis in the Mallorcan rural area.

scholarly journals PROBLEM OF FUNERAL RITES OF THE POPULATION OF SCYTHIAN AGE IN THE SEYM RIVER BASIN

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 255-262
Author(s):  
O. O. Bilynskyi
Keyword(s):  
Local Population ◽  
Forest Steppe ◽  
Skull Bone ◽  
Burial Practices ◽  
Funeral Rites ◽  
Human Bones ◽  
Burial Rites ◽  
The Common ◽  
Burial Rite ◽  
Grave Goods

The author analyzed the problem of burial sites of the population of Scythian Age in the Seym region. Currently there are several locations associated with the local population. These are the burial sites from the Moiseevo and Maritsa hillforts and the necropolis near Dolinske village. The burials from the Moiseevo hillfort probably date back to the medieval times and the necropolis at the Maritsa settlement belonged to the Yukhniv culture. According to the available data, burial in the territory of this site was carried out after the hillfort ceased to function as a settlement — ca. 4th century BC. Necropolis near the Dolynske village is well known in the literature as an example of ground burials of the forest-steppe population of Scythian Age. However, detailed analysis of the circumstances of discovery of burials and the grave goods suggests that the burials were actually covered by the mounds but they did not survive due to the removal of soil. The grave goods is reminiscent of the nearby Sula necropolises. The lack of common burial sites in the region prompts the search for other burial rites. Traditionally cremations with the further dispersal of ashes are the common types of burial that do not leave visible burial sites but despite the complexity of their detection there are still no finds that would indicate this rite. The fragments of human bones at Shyryaevo, Kuzina Gora and Moiseyevo hillforts are the only hints that could indicate this. A round amulet which was made of human skull bone was discovered at the latter. Stray finds of human remains occurred at the sites of the entire forest-steppe territory in Scythian Age and many sites of Central Europe but the irregularity of such finds at the Seym region demonstrate that they could not be a mandatory consequence of a certain burial rite. The wide variety of analogies offers the options for the reconstruction of special burial practices that could lead to the deposition of human bones. By analogy with other cultures, the cannibalism, temporary burial at the site, and the deliberate storage of bones that may have been obtained from the burials can be assumed.

About One Detail of the Funeral Rite of Ancient Qabala

2021 ◽  
pp. 49
Author(s):  
Jeyhun T. Eminli
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
The Body ◽  
Late Antique ◽  
Specific Detail ◽  
Funeral Rite ◽  
Ceramic Vessels ◽  
The Bronze Age ◽  
Funeral Ceremony ◽  
Grave Goods

This article is devoted to the consideration and interpretation of a peculiar detail of the funeral rite observed at the cemeteries of ancient period in the historical region of Qabala - the capital of Caucasian Albania. Attention is focused on ceramic vessels with intentionally made holes, which were revealed in the burials among the grave goods. The vessels with holes were found in the ground burials of Uzuntala and Gushlar cemeteries of the 1st century BCE – 1st century CE, along with skeletons in a contracted position on their sides; as well as in the catacomb burial of Salbir, dating to the I-III centuries CE. In burials nos. 3–7 of Uzuntala, vessels of this type had holes in the center of their bases, and were placed upside down in the grave. In the catacomb burial of Salbir, 1st – 3rd centuries CE, two vases of the same type had large holes on the side of the body. The specific detail of the funeral rite, which is of a particular nature, has been episodically traced in the territory of Azerbaijan since the Bronze Age and continued to exist until the Late Antique period. It allows us to talk of the existence of a ritual that was carried out during the funeral ceremony and reflected some religious ideas associated with the funeral ideology. The authors of the paper suppose that these vessels should, according to prevailing beliefs, symbolize the “exodus of the soul” of the deceased and have no connection with the custom of damage to the inventory.

Unpacking burial and rank: the role of children in the first monumental cemeteries of Western Europe (4600–4300 BC)

Antiquity ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 85 (329) ◽  
pp. 772-786 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aline Thomas ◽  
Philippe Chambon ◽  
Pascal Murail
Keyword(s):  
Western Europe ◽  
Skeletal Remains ◽  
Adult Males ◽  
Linear Rank ◽  
Burial Rites ◽  
Grave Goods

Examining the earliest grand mortuary monuments of the Neolithic, the authors question the assumption that they mark the resting place of society's higher ranks. Using the skeletal remains, the grave goods and the burial rites, they find no great differences in commemoration between the monumental cemeteries, with their long barrows, and the flat graves, without structures. In this analysis, the children proved to be the most vivid players: while the very young are largely excluded, some toddlers were selected to carry hunting equipment, a distinction shared with selected adult males. Some children were also laid to rest in the long barrows, with some adults. Thus hunting has a spiritual value for these agriculturalists, and whether inherited or marked at birth, the children signal something more variable and subtle than linear rank.

Prehistoric Soul Beliefs in Northern Europe

1994 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bo Gräslund
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Iron Age ◽  
Northern Europe ◽  
Burial Rites ◽  
The Bronze Age ◽  
Grave Goods

Prehistoric burial rites and burial finds ought to be studied also in the light of primitive soul beliefs. It is argued that the customs of submitting prestige grave goods in northern Europe during the Neolithic, the Bronze Age, and the Iron Age consistently reflect a pluralistic soul idea with a free soul aimed for the next existence.

scholarly journals Gold pendants from Kranj and Koper (Slovenia)

2021 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 145-158
Author(s):  
Gojko Tica
Keyword(s):  
Late Antique ◽  
Cultural Milieu ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Made In ◽  
Grave Goods

In this paper I discuss two gold pendants, from the Late Antique or Early Mediaeval Period, which are somewhat unique finds for Slovenian territory. The first pendant is from the Late Antique site of Kranj-Lajh (Carnium); it is leaf-shaped, and the chronologically older pendant of the two. The child grave in which this pendant was found is interpreted as belonging to an individual of the local Late Antique elite. The grave is notable also because some of the grave goods were made in the middle of the 5th century AD, even though the burial presumably dates to the first half of the 6th century AD. On the basis of a single-sided comb with low handle, I assume that the individual did not belong to the Gothic cultural milieu. The second pendant, a tear-shaped specimen, was found in one of the oldest settlement layers of Early Mediaeval Koper (Iustinopolis), at the site of Kapucinski vrt. I argue that it was worn not as a pendant on a necklace or earring, but rather as an integral part of an earring. This interpretation is based on earrings from another time (the second half of the 3rd century AD and the 4th century AD) and place (south-western Crimea), with which the pendant from Koper shares many features.

The Early Visigothic Presence in Southeastern Hispania

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaime Vizcaíno Sánchez ◽  
Luis Alberto García Blánquez
Keyword(s):  
Settlement Pattern ◽  
Fifth Century ◽  
Rural Settlement ◽  
Archaeological Research ◽  
Late Antique ◽  
Roman Culture ◽  
Grave Goods

This chapter analyses some aspects of the late antique occupation of ‘Senda de Granada’, a rural settlement in Murcia. In the late fifth century, after they arrived in Hispania, the Visigoths attempted to assimilate Roman culture. Archaeological research has revealed the possibility of a religious building, with a well-defined funerary enclosure. Grave goods, mainly dress accessories, from the burial and a nearby dump, are decorated with the cloisonné technique. The presence of such items was previously unknown in southeastern Carthaginiensis. These finds and, more widely, the resulting settlement pattern, are evaluated and will be used as a blueprint for the examination of early Visigothic presence in the region.

The Visigothic Kingdom – A Kingdom without Visigoths?

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christoph Eger
Keyword(s):  
Political History ◽  
Specific Form ◽  
Fifth Century ◽  
The Political ◽  
Late Antique ◽  
History Of ◽  
Interpretive Model ◽  
Written Sources ◽  
Grave Goods

The years 507 and 711 frame the period of the Spanish Visigothic kingdom, although the history of the Visigoths in Spain dates back to the fifth century. The political history of the Visigoths in Spain is well known from the fifth century onwards, but we know much less from written sources about the history of the population and the settlement process. By the 1920s and 30s, researchers had already interpreted several late antique necropolises as Visigothic because they contained grave goods deposited in a specific form that distinguished them from native tombs. However, in the last twenty years, critics have taken aim at the interpretive model used.

La Tène Burials between Burton Fleming and Rudston, North Humberside

1976 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 217-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. M. Stead
Keyword(s):  
Aerial Photography ◽  
La Tène ◽  
Burial Rites ◽  
La Tene ◽  
Grave Goods

SummaryIn the first modern excavation of an Arras Culture cemetery 189 burials have been excavated so far and most had been at the centre of barrows with square-plan ditches. Two distinctive burial rites produced mutually exclusive ranges of grave-goods. There are at least 800 square barrows in the immediate vicinity arranged in large cemeteries, in smaller groups, and as isolated examples, and aerial photography has revealed a wealth of settlements as well.

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