Discontinuity of Funerary Rites in Late Praehistory of the Central Balkans
Starting from the fact that the present knowledge of the late praehistory of the Central Balkans is based almost exclusively upon interpretations of funerary remains, the aim of this paper is to investigate the theoretical premises of the archaeological research into burials in this region. Problems...
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| description | Starting from the fact that the present knowledge of the late praehistory of the Central Balkans is based almost exclusively upon interpretations of funerary remains, the aim of this paper is to investigate the theoretical premises of the archaeological research into burials in this region. Problems and limitations of the traditional culture-historical approach to funerary practices are discussed, and the second part of the paper aims to demonstrate that the shift in theoretical perspective may result in fundamentally different insights into the explanatory potential of funerary rites in archaeology. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cc2c08f65ea640fc806dedf49dbffea42022-12-21T21:10:09ZengUniversity of BelgradeEtnoantropološki Problemi0353-15892334-88012017-09-0112310.21301/EAP.V12I3.3Discontinuity of Funerary Rites in Late Praehistory of the Central BalkansZorica Kuzmanović0Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, SerbiaStarting from the fact that the present knowledge of the late praehistory of the Central Balkans is based almost exclusively upon interpretations of funerary remains, the aim of this paper is to investigate the theoretical premises of the archaeological research into burials in this region. Problems and limitations of the traditional culture-historical approach to funerary practices are discussed, and the second part of the paper aims to demonstrate that the shift in theoretical perspective may result in fundamentally different insights into the explanatory potential of funerary rites in archaeology.http://www.eap-iea.org/index.php/eap/article/view/283funerary ritedis/continuity of funerary practicetheory of practicelate praehistory of the Central BalkansGlasinac |
| spellingShingle | Zorica Kuzmanović Discontinuity of Funerary Rites in Late Praehistory of the Central Balkans Etnoantropološki Problemi funerary rite dis/continuity of funerary practice theory of practice late praehistory of the Central Balkans Glasinac |
| title | Discontinuity of Funerary Rites in Late Praehistory of the Central Balkans |
| title_full | Discontinuity of Funerary Rites in Late Praehistory of the Central Balkans |
| title_fullStr | Discontinuity of Funerary Rites in Late Praehistory of the Central Balkans |
| title_full_unstemmed | Discontinuity of Funerary Rites in Late Praehistory of the Central Balkans |
| title_short | Discontinuity of Funerary Rites in Late Praehistory of the Central Balkans |
| title_sort | discontinuity of funerary rites in late praehistory of the central balkans |
| topic | funerary rite dis/continuity of funerary practice theory of practice late praehistory of the Central Balkans Glasinac |
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