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Unpacking burial and rank: the role of children in the first monumental cemeteries of Western Europe...

Unpacking burial and rank: the role of children in the first monumental cemeteries of Western Europe...

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Unpacking burial and rank: the role of children in the first monumental cemeteries of Western Europe (4600–4300 BC)

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Unpacking burial and rank: the role of children in the first monumental cemeteries of Western Europe (4600–4300 BC)

Publisher

Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press

Journal title

Antiquity, 2011-09, Vol.85 (329), p.772-786

Language

English

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Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press

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Contents

Examining the earliest grand mortuary monuments of the Neolithic, the authors question the assumption that they mark the resting place of society's higher ranks. Using the skeletal remains, the grave goods and the burial rites, they find no great differences in commemoration between the monumental cemeteries, with their long barrows, and the flat g...

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Unpacking burial and rank: the role of children in the first monumental cemeteries of Western Europe (4600–4300 BC)

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TN_cdi_hal_primary_oai_HAL_mnhn_02548003v1

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_hal_primary_oai_HAL_mnhn_02548003v1

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ISSN

0003-598X

E-ISSN

1745-1744

DOI

10.1017/S0003598X00068307

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