Faunal Remains Associated with Human Cremations: The Chalcolithic Pits 16 and 40 from the Perdigões Ditched Enclosures (Reguengos de Monsaraz, Portugal)

Different funerary behaviors are recorded in the Iberian Peninsula during Late Prehistory. Cremation is not the most common practice and the association between human cremains and fauna is even scarcer. We present two Chalcolithic pits (pits 16 and 40) from the Perdigões ditched enclosures, Reguengo...

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Main Authors: Almeida Nelson J., Valera António
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2022-10-01
Series:Open Archaeology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/opar-2022-0246