17 research outputs found
Römischer Bestattungsbrauch und Beigabensitten in Rom, Norditalien und den Nordwestprovinzen von der späten Republik bis in die Kaiserzeit - Culto dei morti e costumi funerari romani Roma, Italia settentrionale e province nord-occidentali dalla tarda Repubblica all'età imperiale
No full textAtti del Convegno internazionale sul Culto dei morti e costumi funerari romani, tenutosi a Roma - Istituto Archeologico Germanico, il 1-3/04/1998
Il culto funerario della Cispadana romana. Rappresentazione e interiorità
No full textAnalisi della documentazione sepolcrale cispadana di età romana, su base archeologico-documentaria, volta a chiarire i presupposti storici, sociali, religiosi ed artistici che presiedettero alle manifestazioni del culto funerario
Prächtige Bestattung fern der Heimat - Interdisziplinäre Auswertung der frührömischen Gräber der Grabung Windisch-"Vision Mitte" 2006-2009
No full textDie römische Nekropole von Pian di Bezzo in Sarsina
No full textSintesi degli scavi e della documentazione materiale e monumentale relativi alla necropoli romana di Pian di Bezzo di Sarsin
L’uso dei cani nei riti funerari. Il caso della necropoli di età imperiale a Fidene - via Radicofani
No full textNella necropoli di Fidene - via Radicofani (Roma), databile al II secolo d.C., sono state individuate alcune sepolture di cani. Si tratta di 4 tombe che hanno restituito complessivamente 8 scheletri di cani più o meno completi. Il lavoro illustra le caratteristiche morfologiche craniali e post-craniali di questi animali e analizza gli aspetti cultuali della pratica di associare i cani a sepolture umane
Cremazione e inumazione nella Cisalpina: convivenza o contrapposizione?
No full textRaccogliendo una significativa casistica archeologica lo studio analizza il rapporto che sussistette tra il rito dell'inumazione e quello della cremazione nell'Italia settentrionale di età romana, tanto a livello religioso quanto sociale. Le evidenze di scavo hanno dimostrato la tranquilla convivenza delle due pratiche per vari secoli dell'età imperiale, con scelte legate al credo individuale o alla tradizione locale o di gruppo sociale, con solo rari casi di evidente contrapposizione dipendente dal rango dei defunti
ARCOS - a computer produces drawings of Roman pottery. A report from the Landesamt für Denkmalpflege, Mainz
No full textS.36-42 : Abb.,Lit.Archaeological finds from excavations and collections stored in museum can be more efficiently managed by using ARCOS (ARchaeological COmputer System), a microcomputer system which combines video and computer techniques for evaluating, analyzing, and storing archaeological data. Pictures of objects like ceramic sherds can be taken by a video camera. By interactive processing, the objects can be measured, reconstructed, and automatically drawn. Other archaeological information which is collected by using a graphic tablet can be stored together with the image of the sherd. The system does not require any knowledge of the use of computers and can also be used in the field. The basic ARCOS 1 system is completed by the ARCOS 2 with larger internal storage capacity and an optical disk which will allow the management of even extensive museum collections. Special programs were written for the automatic classification of the contour code raised from the ceramic sherd profiles. The importance of the ARCOS 2 grows with the efforts for a standardized database system for archaeological institutes in Germany. Tests in the field have been carried out at different places where excavations took place and at the Landesamt für Denkmalpflege, Dept. Archäologische Denkmalpflege, Mainz. A focus of this paper is the experience which the archaeological staff gained with ARCOS in Mainz
Riti, usi e corredi funerari nelle sepolture romane della prima età imperiale in Emilia Romagna (valle del Po)
No full textRassegna archeologica del panorama funerario romano della Cispadana con analisi dei principali contesti di necropoli e delle relative connotazioni spaziali, monumentali, materiali, rituali, celebrative e cultuali
Adipocere withstands 1600 years of fluctuating groundwater levels in soil.
No full textAn extraordinarily well-preserved skeleton of a child, interred in a stone sarcophagus in the Late-Roman era, was discovered in the city of Mainz (Germany) in 1998, covered with a puff pastry-like substance assumed to be adipocere. It is the first time that this substance, which is derived from fat under oxygen-deficient conditions and prevents corpses from decaying, has been discovered on corpses buried under conditions described in the present paper. The body was buried at groundwater level (2.9 m below surface) in a moist zone close to the Rhine that was affected by seasonally fluctuating groundwater levels. The fluctuating groundwater levels would appear to have had an effect on the degradation of the interred body. The discovery of the skeleton gave us an excellent opportunity to examine fatty acid material which had been subjected to prolonged fluctuating aerobic and anaerobic conditions in a moderate environment. The body's fatty acid composition and C-13 abundance were determined and compared with modern adipocere values. Element analysis of the stone sarcophagus in which the child was buried provided information on the burial environment. Our findings indicate that fatty material must have been converted into adipocere under anaerobic conditions in periods of high water levels, leaving the material open to decay during periods of low water levels. The fact that the excavated body was still covered with adipocere 1600 years after the burial clearly shows the robustness of the material against decay
