It's poster session time at the Cremations in Archaeology conference! #CIA22
Here is what is being presented:
Age-at-death estimation on cremated remains is challenging! Panagiota Bantavanou's poster presents a new method for severely fragmented and cremated bones!
The odd one out? Using the new Belgium Sr baseline, @AmandaSengeloev presents the potential origins of the highest 87Sr/86Sr value ever measured on cremated bones in Belgium!
What can strontium tell us about the population of Tienen, Belgium? @crEmmamations's work on 146 cremation deposits shows that during the Roman period mobility was low and Tienen's inhabitants consumed a large amount of salt!
Cremation is destructive and excavating inevitably alters the burial. @LMartinaScalise presents CT scans of burial urns which provides valuable information on grave goods, bone and pottery taphonomy, as well as skeletal age. It also guides the subsequent excavation!
Sr isotope analysis on cremated remains from a late Bronze Age site at Přáslavice, Czech Republic by @chris_tt_cheung shows possible cultural continuity between the Tumulus and Urnfield periods!
New insights from stable strontium isotope analysis (ẟ88Sr) are presented by @CarinaGerritzen. Cremation and contamination experiments show the stability and resistance to diagenesis of ẟ88Sr!
On behalf of @TEFRA_auth @ychatzikon presents an insight into cremation in Central Macedonia during the Early Iron Age. The macroscopic study of the human remains is combined with a contextual analysis of the cemetery of Polichni, including pottery, artefacts and stratigraphy!
Is it salt or mobility? Sr isotope and concentration analysis @ToothDetective on cremated remains from Tongobriga, a roman city in northern Portugal, show unexpected values compared to the Sr baseline!
Cremated bones reveal secrets of the cremation conditions! Using FTIR, carbon and oxygen isotopes and comparing to cremation experiments @ElisavetStamat2 gets infomation on Belgium Roman and Iron Age cremations!
Jessica Mongillo presents an assessment of combustion temperatures and degree of fragmentation in 491 cremation burials from 5 necropolises in the Po Valley, Italy. Differences between time periods, in terms of customs and techniques are seen!
The state of research on cremation practices in south-western Slovakia on the Germanic tribes (1st to 4th century) is presented in @kravjarca's poster! Comparisons between old studies can provide new insights into these burials!
The transition from inhumations to cremations during the Middle Bronze Age in Lower Austria is explored in @HannahSkerjanz's poster. Evaluation of burial mounds and finds, analysis of human remains, radiocarbon dating and Sr isotope analysis are the tools used!
Textiles surviving the pyre? Karina Grömer @NHM_Wien presents her experimental research on what happens to clothes and textiles during the cremation process.
The mobility at the Italian Early Iron Age site of Fermo is investigated on Carmen Esposito's poster. Isotopes, archaeological and osteological evidence from inhumations and cremations were used to look at population dynamics!
Last but not least, Jacqueline McKinley presents a unique case of an undisturbed funeral urn from Derbyshire, UK. The urn contains multiple individuals and helps rediscover the 'lost size fractions'! 🔥🦴🔥
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