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Élite burial practices and processes of urbanization at Gabii : the non-adult tombs from area D of the Gabii project excavations

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Élite burial practices and processes of urbanization at Gabii : the non-adult tombs from area D of the Gabii project excavations / edited by Marcello Mogetta ; with contributions by Sheira Cohen [and 11 others].
Publication
  • Portsmouth, Rhode Island : Journal of Roman Archaeology, 2020.
  • ©2020

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  • Mogetta, Marcello
  • Cohen, Sheira
Description
172 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plan; 29 cm.
Summary
This article discusses the recent discovery of a late archaic burial ground at the site of ancient Gabii. Some time during the late 6th and 5th centuries BC, seven inhumation burials were placed in one of three rock-cut tombs that were constructed along the perimeter of a preexisting complex in a long-inhabited sector of the archaic city. The tombs consist of deep trenches cut into the bedrock tuff with loculi carved on one or more sides; one of the tombs features a monolithic tuff sarcophagus. Between them, the tombs contain the burials of six adults and one adolescent, but they are largely devoid of grave goods. On the basis of their considerable size and intramural location, the burials may have belonged to relatively high status individuals. The emergence of the cemetery within the limits of the city may point to a period of social and political change between the Archaic and Republican periods.
Series Statement
Journal of Roman archaeology. Supplementary series ; number 108
Uniform Title
Journal of Roman archaeology. Supplementary series ; no. 108.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Introduction / M. Mogetta -- History of settlement in Area D: topography, architecture and stratigraphy / J. M. Evans -- Non-adult burials from Gabii: the osteological evidence / K. Killgrove -- The tombs and their finds / S. Cohen -- Offerings and rituals at the grave: insights from the macro- and micro-organic evidence / L. Motta, D. Fico, F. Alhaique and G. De Benedetto -- The regional setting: non-adult burials from contemporary settlements in Latium Vetus / M. D'Acri and M. Mogetta -- Infant burials as mediators of House identity at Iron Age Gabii / S. Cohen and M. Naglak -- Conclusions / N. Terrenato -- Afterword / Anna De Santis.
Call Number
JFF 20-1300
ISBN
  • 0999458620
  • 9780999458624
OCLC
1143498457
Title
Élite burial practices and processes of urbanization at Gabii : the non-adult tombs from area D of the Gabii project excavations / edited by Marcello Mogetta ; with contributions by Sheira Cohen [and 11 others].
Publisher
Portsmouth, Rhode Island : Journal of Roman Archaeology, 2020.
Copyright Date
©2020
Type of Content
text
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Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Journal of Roman archaeology. Supplementary series ; number 108
Journal of Roman archaeology. Supplementary series ; no. 108.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Added Author
Mogetta, Marcello, editor.
Cohen, Sheira, contributor.
Research Call Number
JFF 20-1300
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