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I like my corpses like I like my pretzels. Salted.

March 17, 2016by Kate Meyers Emery 4 Comments

I’ve been reading a lot of interesting food non-fiction books in my sparse free time as a way to relax after long days of dissertation preparation and article writing. I’ve […]

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Bioarchaeology, Mummies, Overviews

New Morbid Terminology: Coffin Birth

January 14, 2016by Kate Meyers Emery 21 Comments

Since I’m currently in the process of preparing to defend my dissertation (yay!), I’m going to be re-posting some of my favorite past articles! Recently, Caitlin Doughty of “Ask a […]

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Bioarchaeology, Mortuary Archaeology, Overviews

New Morbid Terminology: Cementochronology

August 18, 2015by Kate Meyers Emery 4 Comments

When I saw this word I just knew it would make a great new morbid terminology. If we take the word apart, there are two major pieces: cemento and chronology. […]

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Overviews

Fakes, Frauds and Hoaxes… Or are they?

May 15, 2014by Kate Meyers Emery 8 Comments

As a discipline, Archaeology has been faced with numerous hoaxes and fakes throughout the years. There is a certain amount of wild romanticism that surrounds our field- it is one […]

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Overviews

New Morbid Terminology: Promession

February 19, 2014by Kate Meyers Emery 7 Comments

Remember Terminator 2, before our robot friend Arnold became a governor? In T2, the Terminator returns as the ‘good guy’, and our heroes are faced with a new enemy, a […]

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Funeral Practices, Overviews

Morbid Terminology: Coffin vs. Casket

September 3, 2013by Kate Meyers Emery 2 Comments

There are many different types of containers that the deceased were buried in, often chosen based on the cultural norms of the group, the context of the death or burial, […]

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Cemeteries, Funeral Practices, Overviews

Forensics Techniques to Examine Iron Age House Fire Fatalities

August 20, 2013by Kate Meyers Emery 4 Comments

When examining arson or domestic fire deaths, forensics specialists have a careful job to do in determining manner of death, and the relationship between death and the fire. There are […]

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Bioarchaeology, Methods, Overviews

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

LAWDI and Mortuary Archaeology

June 4, 2013by Kate Meyers Emery 2 Comments

Over the past four days, I was fotunate to be a part of the Linked Ancient World Data Institute (#LAWDI). The purpose was to discuss, share and explore linked data […]

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Conferences, Overviews

Examining the Richard III Evidence

May 28, 2013by Kate Meyers Emery 8 Comments

Richard III is a highly controversial figure from English history, and this legacy continues today. Shakespeare wrote of him as a villain, exaggerating his scoliosis and writing his malicious dialogue.“And […]

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Bioarchaeology, Cemeteries, Funeral Practices, Overviews

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