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Category Archives: Cremation

Death Comes to Stonehenge: The Burned Remains

April 21, 2016by Kate Meyers Emery 5 Comments

There is something mysterious about Stonehenge. I have a very distinct memory of visiting Stonehenge as a child, seeing the standing rocks in the distance Perhaps it was the fog and grey […]

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Bioarchaeology, Cremation

Fire & Bone: Using Burnt Bone to Interpret Neolithic Burials in France

October 15, 2015by Kate Meyers Emery Leave a comment

The big news today was that a man in California set fire to an aisle of Halloween costumes in a Walmart. Honestly, this shouldn’t be the biggest news story of […]

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Cremation

Pigs on the Pyre- Solving Cremation Mysteries

March 25, 2014by Kate Meyers Emery 10 Comments

There is a mystery in archaeology that numerous regions and eras have to deal with- where are the infants? Deceased infants are potentially treated differently when they die- the argument […]

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Cremation

The Process of Cremation in Roman France

February 25, 2014by Kate Meyers Emery 1 Comment

In general, cremation is a category of cadaver treatment that involves transformation of the body by fire. From there, we recognize a few patterns of cremation burials within the archaeological […]

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Bioarchaeology, Cremation

New Morbid Terminology: Quicklime

August 8, 2013by Kate Meyers Emery 10 Comments

If you’re a fan of murder-mystery novels, you’ve probably run across quicklime before. It’s commonly cited in detective and mob stories as a method for quick and anonymous disposal of […]

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Cremation, Methods, Overviews

Cremation: The Hot Burial Trend

May 21, 2013by Kate Meyers Emery 4 Comments

According to Tyler Mathisen of CNBC news, the hottest growing trend within the “death care industry”, a $17- billion-a-year business in America, is cremation. Of the 2.5 million people who died […]

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Cremation, Funeral Practices

Between Death and Burial

April 30, 2013by Kate Meyers Emery Leave a comment

There are many things that can happen to a body between death and burial. A good example of this process is Weekend at Bernie’s. Bernie Lomax is murdered within the first […]

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Bioarchaeology, Cemeteries, Cremation, Funeral Practices

Presenting at University of Michigan

November 8, 2012by Kate Meyers Emery Leave a comment

Today I am off to Ann Arbor today to present on my experience with excavating cinerary urns over the summer to the University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology. You can […]

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Cremation, Theories

Animal Bones as Grave Goods in Iberian Burials

October 16, 2012by Kate Meyers Emery 7 Comments

When we think of bones at cemetery or burial sites, we immediately think of the human remains. However, many prehistoric and early historic graves also contain the bones of animals. […]

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Bioarchaeology, Cremation, Funeral Practices

Ancient Baby Graveyard or Infant Sacrifice Site?

September 20, 2012by Kate Meyers Emery 11 Comments

The Tophet of Carthage, an infant cremation burial ground, has been a highly debated site for over a thousand years, and only in the past decade has it come under […]

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Bioarchaeology, Cemeteries, Cremation, Funeral Practices

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