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The use of wood in funerary pyres: random gathering or special selection of species? Case study of three necropolises from Poland
2012
Abstract In this study, the analysis of charcoal remains from three prehistoric necropolises is presented. This botanical material formed part of funerary pyres and thus represents purposely gathered wood used for cremation ceremonies. Therefore, its anthracological analysis may indicate a special selection of wood, which may be a source of palaeoethnographic information about past rituals. However, a question remains as to whether or not the charcoal assemblages that originated from graves may also provide some palaeoecological information. In order to test both hypotheses, analysis of three Polish necropolises dating to the Bronze and the Iron Age were performed. In all charcoal assemblag…
Mid-Holocene forests from Eastern Hungary: New anthracological data
2013
Charcoal remains found in five archaeological sites provided an important source of information about the woody vegetation that developed during the Atlantic period in eastern Hungary. The results are presented jointly since all sites are located in very similar habitats, they reflect Neolithic cultures and present comparable floral compositions. The reconstruction of past forest communities from the Great Hungarian Plain in the Atlantic period is based on pollen analysis and new anthracological data offer significant complementary information to the established pollen sequences. These data were obtained from more than 5000 charcoal fragments in which 28 taxa were identified. The main contr…
Preservation of fungi in archaeological charcoal
2010
During the analysis of wood charcoal remains from archaeological sites, it is common to find different microorganisms and different forms of degradation present in the plant tissue. However, one may encounter difficulties when attempting to identify these microorganisms and determine when their attack occurred. This paper focuses on preservation aspects related to the microorganisms in wood and demonstrates the structural changes that take place in different types of decayed wood after it was converted into charcoal. The study seeks to determine whether the microbial attack found in archaeological woods took place before the burning of the wood or after. Burning experiments were conducted u…
Carp’s-tongue swords - morphological, metallurgical and cultural aspects
2010
This contribution discusses the results from a study of the spatial distribution of different morphological sub-groups of carp’s-tongue swords at a European scale, relating morphological types to the metallurgial make-up of the respective pieces. From this study some surprising conclusions concerning the chronological as well as the spatial dimension of the evolution of carp’s-tongue swords emerge. We also look at the degree of variability in the deposition of these artefacts and in the composition of the assemblages in question, with considerable repercussions for our understanding of the depositional contexts of metal objects in the Atlantic Bronze Age world in general.
Valorisation of a former eponymous site: Eger-Kőporos in the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic of Northern Hungary
2012
Resume Une nouvelle analyse complete du materiel archeologique du site en plein air de Kőporos (pres d’Eger, Nord-est de la Hongrie), provenant de differentes fouilles (y compris les fouilles que nous avons realisees recemment) et de ramassages des amateurs, nous permet de formuler l’hypothese de plusieurs occupations successives et distinctes dans l’espace de ce site, considere comme eponyme pour un facies particulier du Mesolithique. Ces occupations se repartissent sur une echelle chronologique couvrant la fin du Paleolithique moyen (le Micoquien et deux facies du Mousterien) et la premiere moitie du Paleolithique superieur (industrie macrolaminaire du Paleolithique superieur initial, le …