ISBN: 978-83-935130-5-5
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Sarunas Milisauskas, Janusz Kruk, Marie-Lorraine Pipes, Elzbieta Haduk, Neolithic Human Burial Practices, the interpretation of funerary behaviours at Bronocice, Poland, IAE, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow 2016


Chapter 1
Sarunas Milisauskas, Janusz Kruk and Marie-Lorraine Pipes - Introduction
Part I
The Cultural Sequence of Bronocice (The Cultural)
Chapter 2
Sarunas Milisauskas and Janusz Kruk - Funnel Beaker, Lublin-Volhynian, Funnel Beaker-Baden and Corded Ware Cultures
Chapter 3
Janusz Kruk and Sarunas Milisauskas - Excavations at Bronocice
Chapter 4
Janusz Kruk and Sarunas Milisauskas - Chronology of Burials at Bronocice
Chapter 5
Sarunas Milisauskas, Janusz Kruk, Elżbieta Haduch and Marie-Lorraine Pipes - Funnel Beaker and Funnel Beaker-Baden Burials
Introduction
Distribution of Burials
Chronology and Types of Burials
General Observations
Chapter 6
Sarunas Milisauskas, Janusz Kruk, Elżbieta Haduch and Marie-Lorraine Pipes - Lublin-Volhynian (VI), Corded Ware (XI) and Possibly Baden Burial (XIII)
Introduction
Phase 2 – Lublin-Volhynian
Phase 5 Possibly Baden Collective Burial XIII
Corded Ware Burial
Chapter 7
Sarunas Milisauskas, Janusz Kruk and Marie-Lorraine Pipes - Neolithic Burials at Olszanica, Dziekanowice, Michałowice
Olszanica
Dziekanowice
Michałowice
Discussion
Part II
Description of Skeletal Remains (The Physical)
Chapter 8
Elżbieta Haduch - Description of Skeletons
Chapter 9
Elżbieta Haduch, Marie-Lorraine Pipes, Janusz Kruk and Sarunas Milisauskas - Age, Sex and Stature Distribution (Population Demographics)
Age at death
Sex
Stature
Number of Offspring per Woman
Chapter 10
Elżbieta Haduch, Janusz Kruk, Sarunas Milisauskas and Marie-Lorraine Pipes - Health, Diseases and Injuries
Injuries and Indications of Violence
Diseases and Signs of Poor Health
Developmental or Congenital Disorders
Skull and Tooth Morphological Traits
Summary
Part III
Description of Burial Materials (The Material)
Chapter 11
Marie-Lorraine Pipes, Janusz Kruk, Sarunas Milisauskas - Description of Animal Burials
Introduction
Dog Burials
Sheep Burials
Pig Burials
Cattle Burials
Roe Deer Burial
Summary
Chapter 12
Maria Lityńska-Zając, Janusz Kruk, Sarunas Milisauskas - Plant and Charcoal Remains from the Burials at Bronocice
Chapter 13
Marie-Lorraine Pipes, Janusz Kruk and Sarunas Milisauskas - Bone, Teeth, and Shell Objects from Burial Contexts
Introduction
Bone, Teeth and Shell as Raw Materials
Description of Burials Goods
Distribution Patterns
Conclusion
Chapter 14
Marie-Lorraine Pipes, Janusz Kruk and Sarunas Milisauskas - Faunal Remains as Food Offerings from Burial Contexts
Introduction
Description of Faunal Remains
Discussion
Part IV
Social Aspects of Burial Traditions at Bronocice (The Social)
Chapter 15
Marie-Lorraine Pipes, Janusz Kruk, Sarunas Milisauskas - Burying the Dead Burial Traditions at Bronocice
Introduction – The living and the dead
Burial Traditions at Bronocice
Cemetery and Settlement
Summary
Chapter 16
Sarunas Milisauskas, Janusz Kruk and Marie-Lorraine Pipes - General Observations on the Bronocice Burials
References
Appendices
Appendix A
Ben Kamphaus, Janusz Kruk, Sarunas Milisauskas and T. Douglas Price - Quantitative Analysis of Trace Element Components
Appendix B
Krzysztof Szostek, Elżbieta Haduch, Beata Stepańczak, Janusz Kruk, Anita Szczepanek, Katarzyna Mądrzyk, Henryk Głąb, Sarunas Milisauskas - Oxygen Isotopic Composition of Individuals Buried in a Neolithic Collective Grave at Bronocice – Weaning Stress Reconstruction and Identification of Origin