63 research outputs found
Human, All Too Human: Differentiating Non-Human from Human Bones in Protohistoric Cremation Contexts from Northern Italy
No full textDifferentiating cremated non-human bones from human ones in archaeological contexts is a challenging task. This analysis aims at proposing a rather solid criterion based on an osteoarchaeological sample. In this work, the main issues of taxonomic identification of cremated remains are analysed and a research methodology tested on an Italian protohistoric sample is proposed. The 314 subjects composing the sample come from 298 tombs of the Golasecca Civilization (1st millennium BC in north-eastern Italy). On a morphological basis, 246 bone fragments were selected from which as many thin sections were obtained for a histomorphological evaluation. From the analyses, we identified the presence of animals in burials, whereas a mere morphometric analysis was not able to recognize them. Furthermore, the taxonomic identification has allowed us to propose new hypotheses on the funerary rite of Golasecca linked to the zooarchaeological remains
Nuovi aspetti di ritualità funeraria golasecchiana in recenti rinvenimenti da via Marconi a Sesto Calende. Analisi antropologica dei resti cremati
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Sepolture infantili bassomedievali: il caso della chiesa della Natività della Vergine Maria di Segno (Taio - TN)
No full textLa chiesa della Natività della Vergine Maria si trova a Segno, in val di Non, nella parte nord occidentale della provincia di Trento (Trentino Alto Adige, Italia). Sebbene le prime attestazioni di un edificio a possibile carattere religioso siano documentate sin dal 1327 è soltanto a partire dalla fine del XV secolo d.C. che i pressi della chiesa vengono connotati da una costante funzione sepolcrale, che perdura perlomeno fino alla prima metà del XVII secolo d.C. Questo cimitero, dedicato ai bambini, è stato archeologicamente indagato tra il 2003 e il 2004. In questo contribuito sono presentate le analisi antropologiche e paleopatologiche del campione. Questi dati, raffrontati con le analisi archeologiche, i documenti storici e le ricerche d’archivio hanno permesso di corroborare e aumentare le nostre conoscenze sullo stato di salute e la qualità di vita di una popolazione rurale fra XV e prima metà del XVII secolo d.C. in ItaliaThe St Mary’s Nativity church is situated in Segno, in Val di Non, in the North Western part of Trento Province (Trentino Alto Adige, Italy). The earliest recorded mention of a religious building in Segno is in 1327. A burial ground was realized near the church from the end of the XVth century AD and it was used at least until the first half of the XVIIth century AD. This cemetery area, used for children burials, was archeologically excavated from 2003 to 2004. This paper presents the anthropological and palaeopathological analysis of the sample. These data, compared to archaeological analyses, historical documents and archival researches allowing to corroborate or improve our knowledge about the health condition and the quality of life of an Italian rural population from the end of the XVth until the first half of the XVIIth century AD
Analisi osteologiche di contesti protogolasecchiani e golasecchiani nel territorio di Varese. Nuovi dati
No full textMarcatori muscolo-scheletrici, interpretazione di un gruppo umano del VI d.C. La chiesa dei Santi Ippolito e Cassiano a Riva del Garda (Trentino-Alto Adige, Italia)
No full textRitualità e trattamento del corpo nella Civilitàdi Golasecca: lo studio antropologico dei resti umani
No full textThis work aims to analyze, for the first time as a whole, all the anthropological data available relating to the
Civilization of Golasecca in its chronological and geographical development, summarizing the aspects of the
treatment of the body of the deceased and trying to type chronological and / or peculiarities territorial. The
Civilization of Golasecca developed between the 9th and 4th centuries BC, in an area ranging from eastern
Piedmont to central-eastern Lombardy and from Sopraceneri in the Canton of Ticino to the Po.
The lack of a work of synthesis, the large territory and the great chronological interval affected by the
presence of the Golasecca Civilization, the presence of contexts found throughout the nineteenth century
both with reliability and with different documentation methods and the dispersion of materials up to now,
in collections, museums and warehouses they have placed a limit on research. Therefore, this work proposes
a synthesis of the available anthropological data and is the first of a series, aimed at investigating the
Golasecca Civilization in its entirety in a multidisciplinary and homogeneous way
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