On November 18 (15:30-17:00 CET), Iām hosting a hybrid seminar on the relevance of funerary archaeology for thinking and talking about death in the present. With Barbara Veselka (@osteolady.bsky.social) and Karina Croucher (@karinaktc.bsky.social). Register here: forms.gle/E9DRsmvbj5QE...
We also found that cremation practices at Herstal & Court-Saint-Etienne differed from other Late Bronze AgeāEarly Iron Age sites. Sampling petrous parts & teeth can also help us understand how heat affects bone structure & chemistry, though more research is needed. (5/6)
Through the use of strontium, carbon and oxygen isotope analyses and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy, we investigated mobility, food consumption patterns, and funerary practices, with the overarching goal of reconstructing life histories. (2/6)
We found that sampling different skeletal elements matters! Isotope differences between childhood tissues (teeth, petrous part) & later-forming bones revealed changes in food consumption, and indicated the presence of multiple people in one grave. ā±ļø (4/6)
Our case studies come from two Late Bronze AgeāEarly Iron Age sites in Belgium: Herstal & Court-Saint-Etienne. We analysed five cremated skeletal elements š¦“: petrous parts, teeth, crania, diaphyses, and ribs - each reflecting different life stages and parts of the body. (3/6)
Anneminne FrĆØre
Huge thanks to my brilliant co-authors! ā¤ļøāš„@tloeffelmann.bsky.social @osteolady.bsky.social @elliestam.bsky.social @toothdetective.bsky.social @christophe-fire.bsky.social @brusselsbioarch.bsky.social @amgc-vub.bsky.social (6/6)
š¢ New paper alert! š¢
Iām really happy to share our latest publication in AJBA! We explore how sampling cremated petrous parts & teeth helps reconstruct life histories and cremation practices š„. You can find our paper through this link: doi.org/10.1002/ajpa... (1/6)
