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| Language: | English |
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Zenodo
2024
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14645169 |
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- <p>The excavation of burnt human remains derived particularly from collective burials in a commingled state of deposition requires expertise and meticulous documentation. A multidisciplinary perspective enhances our perception of the depositional history as well as the formation mechanisms of skeletal assemblages. A careful examination of the human bones contributes to the decoding of the dynamic environmental, social, and cultural processes that are related to the archaeological context. The analysis of burnt bone assemblages combined with detailed documentation of the archaeological context is a challenging procedure. This paper aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the current state of the art in studying burnt bones, with a particular focus on the evaluation of biological and archaeological interpretations. The study of macroscopic thermal changes has advanced considerably in recent years based on the results of experimental, medical, and forensic studies applied to both human and animal remains. Meticulous recording of the thermal alterations in the bone through the integrated investigation of discoloration, fracture patterns, warping, and shrinkage offers reliable conclusions about burial behavior in terms of burning and treating the dead in past societies, including evidence about the burning event(s) and the post-depositional activities that affected the human remains.</p>