Thread by @BrusselsBioarch

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! ⚱️🚶🏽‍♀️👨‍👩‍👧‍👦🦴🔥🦷

Off to Poland, @AgataHaluszko discusses the transformation of funerary practices at the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age. Cremated remains of almost 2000 individuals were re-examined to build a big picture of the Lusatian Urnfield culture!

Heading west to the city of Nijmegen in the Netherlands, @MauraDeCos presents her Sr isotope data on cremated remains from three Roman (1st to 3rd century) sites in the city. Interesting data from northern borderscapes of the Roman Empire!

Now at #CIA22, Carola Metzner-Nebelsick presents the keynote lecture in which she defines the place of theory in the study of cremation, and highlights its importance to distill meaning from our research. 🔥🦴

From ancient Egypt via modern India, Victorian Britain, Germany, & BA Austria; with an examination of the highly emotive, control-seeking & memory-creating stages of the cremation ritual, Carola has taken us on a journey through the burning complexities of our favourite subject!

Late Bronze Age Austria now! Michaela Fritzl and @LukWaltenberger present for @RebaySalisbury on osteology, tooth cementum, Sr isotope, dating & grave good analyses from four cemeteries in the Traisen valley to provide insights into ritual practices, mobility & social relations!

Last talk of this session takes us back to the Netherlands! @VeselkaBarbara presents a cremated individual with spinal pathology from the Early Bronze Age site of Ermelose Heide! 🦴