Chariot of the beginning of the late Bronze Age in the Volga-Don region: relative chronology of the burial rite and decoration of the cheekpieces

The disappearance of an archaeologically visible burial rite at the beginning of the Late Bronze Age has puzzled archaeologists for some years yet has never formed a specific focus of research. This paper aims to look at the problem in detail for the first time. A corpus has been compiled listing sites from which human remains dating to this period have been recovered. The contexts in which these remains are found are documented and discussed; these include, for example, finds from settlements, hoards, and wet places. It is argued that many of the sites do not represent the residues of ‘normal’ mortuary rituals but may instead result from other ritual practices or from refuse disposal activities. It is concluded from contextual patterning in the data that human remains were used in situations where concepts of liminality, identity, continuity, and renewal needed to be highlighted. The potential of human remains for symbolising these themes was drawn upon in activities during which concerns central to Late Bronze Age communities were confronted. The nature of these concerns is discussed in relation to wider developments that occur over the Late Bronze Age. It is argued that the ways in which human remains were deposited were intimately related to the development of new discourses within society as the basis of socio-political power changed from practices surrounding the consumption and exchange of bronze to the control of agricultural production and human and agricultural fertility. The symbolic themes dealt with during the deposition of human remains in specific locations relate to these changing concerns and allowed individuals to situate themselves within a changing society and to negotiate their relationships with others.

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THE RITE OF BURIAL ITEMS «KILLING» IN THE MATERIALS OF ADAIDON NECROPOLIS

Вестник Владикавказского научного центра ◽

10.23671/vnc.2019.2.31370 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

В.Т. Чшиев

Keyword(s):

Bronze Age ◽

Archaeological Sites ◽

Late Bronze Age ◽

The Caucasus ◽

Burial Rite

В статье рассматриваются некоторые особенности обряда погребения археологических комплексов Адайдонского некрополя эпохи поздней бронзы Кавказа The article considers certain peculiarities of the burial rite in the archaeological sites of Adaidon necropolis that belongs to the Late Bronze Age of the Caucasus.

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The chronology and periodization of the Bronze and the early Iron Age burial ground in Domasław, Wrocław district, based on radiocarbon dating

Przegląd Archeologiczny ◽

10.23858/pa67.2067.2019.002 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 67 ◽

pp. 31-48

Author(s):

Tomasz Goslar

Keyword(s):

Bayesian Analysis ◽

Bronze Age ◽

Iron Age ◽

Radiocarbon Dating ◽

The Other ◽

Early Iron Age ◽

Burial Ground ◽

Late Bronze Age ◽

Relative Chronology ◽

Characteristic Features

The article presents the results of the radiocarbon dating and Bayesian analysis of 14C dates of bones from the burial ground in Domasław. The Bayesian analysis used the relative chronology obtained based on the characteristic features of grave goods and the assigning of individual burials to specific periods of the late Bronze Age (III EB – V EB ) or the early Iron Age (HC – LtA). A coherent chronological model of the burial ground was accepted after assuming that graves with transitional features, attributable to two subsequent periods, could have been contemporary of graves from one or the other period. The temporal frames of particular periods calculated by the model allow us to improve previously published chronological diagrams of the late Bronze Age and the early Iron Age in the region.

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The Concept of Palestine: The Conception Of Palestine from the Late Bronze Age to the Modern Period

Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies ◽

10.3366/hlps.2016.0140 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 15 (2) ◽

pp. 143-202 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Nur Masalha

Keyword(s):

Bronze Age ◽

Old Testament ◽

Political Geography ◽

Classical Antiquity ◽

Late Bronze Age ◽

Collective Consciousness ◽

Ancient History ◽

Master Narratives ◽

The Bible ◽

School History

The Concept of Palestine is deeply rooted in the collective consciousness of the indigenous people of Palestine and the multicultural ancient past. The name Palestine is the most commonly used from the Late Bronze Age (from 1300 BCE) onwards. The name Palestine is evident in countless histories, inscriptions, maps and coins from antiquity, medieval and modern Palestine. From the Late Bronze Age onwards the names used for the region, such as Djahi, Retenu and Cana'an, all gave way to the name Palestine. Throughout Classical Antiquity the name Palestine remained the most common and during the Roman, Byzantine and Islamic periods the concept and political geography of Palestine acquired official administrative status. This article sets out to explain the historical origins of the concept of Palestine and the evolving political geography of the country. It will seek to demonstrate how the name ‘Palestine’ (rather than the term ‘Cana'an’) was most commonly and formally used in ancient history. It argues that the legend of the ‘Israelites’ conquest of Cana'an’ and other master narratives of the Bible evolved across many centuries; they are myth-narratives, not evidence-based accurate history. It further argues that academic and school history curricula should be based on historical facts/empirical evidence/archaeological discoveries – not on master narratives or Old Testament sacred-history and religio-ideological constructs.

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