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Life after death: a physicochemical study of materials used by the ancient Maya in human bone ointments
2021
Ancient Maya believed in life after death. They used to prepare dead bodies during burial ceremonies whose purpose was to celebrate the dead and to help them passing through the way from earthly life to the beyond one. Bodies preparation included coloured scented body ointment application, with a deep symbolic connotation and probably also a conservative purpose. The aim of this research was to characterize pigments and binders used by ancient Maya in the preparation of body oint ments used to paint human bones. Emblematic painted bone samples from Xcambó (Maya archaeological site located in the municipality of Dzemul, in the Mexican state of Yucatán) were investigated through a non-destruc…
Źródła archeologiczne z cmentarzysk jako narzędzie badawcze do poznania stanu zdrowia ludzi okresu średniowiecza, na podstawie stanowiska nr 1 w Bycz…
2019
Research on early medieval and medieval archaeoiogical and anthropological cemeteries is not the easiest. Archaeoiogical and anthropological research in Byczyna showed how valuable e data from cemetery research is, how much we can leam about the community living in medieval cities. Analyzing bone material at the preliminary stage of research, it can beseen that the health condition of the inhabitants of medieval Byczyna was not good. Almost half of the examined skeletons have traces of various diseases, especially degenerative diseases and injuries. There were also cases of conditions that indicate that the diet of the dead did not have basie nutrients.