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Category Archives: Mortuary Sites

Excavating a More Recent Past: WWI Mass Grave

October 18, 2013by Kate Meyers Emery 2 Comments

When excavating historic sites, we gain access to a level of highly informative data- text. Excavating prehistory means that we only have the archaeological remains to tell us who these […]

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Mass Graves, Mortuary Sites

On Food and Funerals in the Middle Neolithic

August 22, 2013by Kate Meyers Emery Leave a comment

I’ve talked before about the close relationship between food and funerals, specifically in relationship to what Anthony Bourdain has taught me about the importance of food within cultures. The food […]

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Bioarchaeology, Cemeteries, Funeral Practices, Mortuary Sites

Beetles, Bones and Burial Practices

June 20, 2013by Kate Meyers Emery 2 Comments

If you’ve ever seen a crime scene investigation show, you know that bugs can be an amazing source of evidence. Throughout the show Bones, it is the primary job of […]

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Bioarchaeology, Funeral Practices, Mortuary Sites

St. Patrick’s Day

March 14, 2013by Kate Meyers Emery 5 Comments

St. Patrick was born in 387 CE in Great Britain, not Ireland, and he was considered a pagan for the early years of his life. When he was 16, he […]

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Cemeteries, Funeral Practices, Mortuary Archaeology, Mortuary Sites

Ring-Fenced Burials from Roman Colchester

March 12, 2013by Kate Meyers Emery 3 Comments

Sometimes, when we discover burials through archaeological excavation we don’t find markers or above ground indicators that the burial was located there. The cemetery is found because of construction, agriculture, […]

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Cemeteries, Funeral Practices, Mortuary Sites

Have Archaeologists Found Cleopatra’s Half-Sister?

February 28, 2013by Kate Meyers Emery 4 Comments

Finding the bones of celebrity skeletons is a popular pursuit among some archaeologists, and has been for centuries. The remains of King Arthur were written to have been recovered in […]

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Bioarchaeology, Mortuary Sites

Weapon Trauma in Medieval Ireland

November 15, 2012by Kate Meyers Emery 3 Comments

Myths and legends of Medieval Ireland describe this era as one of violence and conflict. The tales of Fionn mac Cumhaill and King Arthur describe roaming warbands and battles with […]

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Bioarchaeology, Mortuary Sites, Pathology

Bioarchaeological view of Transition to Agriculture in USA

October 23, 2012by Kate Meyers Emery 1 Comment

Agriculture represents a drastic change in the evolution of complex human societies. Archaeological data collected regarding this period attests to a wide ranging adaptive responses including changes in sociopolitical structures, […]

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Bioarchaeology, Methods, Mortuary Sites, Pathology, Theories

Excavating the Funerary Bundles of Ancón

September 27, 2012by Kate Meyers Emery 3 Comments

The MSU Anthropology department hosted a brown bag featuring Amy Krull, an up and coming scholar in mortuary archaeology from Wayne State University on September 14th. Her presentation was titled […]

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Funeral Practices, Mortuary Sites, Mummies

Bones, Teeth and Climate Change in Japan

September 18, 2012by Kate Meyers Emery Leave a comment

As we have seen from other recent articles, it is important to look at changes in environment when addressing changes in population and culture in the past. A re-examination of […]

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Bioarchaeology, Mortuary Sites, Theories

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