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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Welcome to the last session of the Cremations in Archaeology conference! #CIA22
In this session, research questions about pyre technology and funerary practices will be explored! 🔥🪵⚰️⚱️
Not all cremations are alike! Jo Appleby uses a chaîne opératoire approach to investigate the complexity, creativity and variability in the cremation processes and practices in British Bronze Age sites 🔥
Pyre settings matter! Michaela Fritzl presents experimental pyre research on how cremation and interment changes metal, ceramic and textile artefacts. This provides a crucial insight into how ritual is recorded in the archaeological record!
It's session 3 time at the Cremations in Archaeology conference! This session focuses on new developments used in the study of cremation and cremated human remains 🔥🦴🦷⚱️🗓
Five talks this afternoon and come back tomorrow morning for five more talks 👍🏻
First up, we are at Tilburg in the Netherlands. Joris Brattinga presents an efficient method of block-lifting and excavating cremation burials which enables detailed post-excavation analysis and maximises the recording of archaeological information!
Jumping across the Channel to the UK, Benjamin Neil discusses the approach of a commercial archaeological unit and highlights the potential of CT scanning, sexing methods and excavation techniques for recording cremation deposits!
Good morning and welcome to day 2 and session 2 of the Cremations in Archaeology conference in Ghent.
This session covers studies of diet, mobility, and society from cremated remains! Enjoy 🔥
First up, we are heading to Early medieval Britain! @Tee_Loeffel discusses her Sr isotope analysis on cremated remains from Cleatham, looking for mobility related to sex and phase of the site!
Now to the Danube and Po River plains, where Claudio Cavazzuti combines data from several key second millennium sites. Funerary practices, family grouping and mobility related to sex and social rank can then be examined! ⚱️🚶🏽♀️👨👩👧👦🦴🔥🦷
Igniting the conference is @Christophe_Fire presenting the work of the CRUMBEL project. Cremations, urns, isotopes, and memories. A great 5 years of research 👩🔬🦴🔥🗺💕 Great work team!
The CRUMBEL project has used osteology, histology, strontium, iron, copper & zinc isotopes & concentrations, oxygen & carbon isotopes, FTIR, radiocarbon dating, experimental cremations and more to investigate cremations in Belgium from the Neolithic to early Middle Ages! 🔥🦴🦷