Published: 2019-04-16

Research Articles

Mycenaean Secondary Burial Revisited: Legacy Data, Taphonomy, and the Process of Burial in Achaia, Greece

Olivia A. Jones

217–239

Abstract

Archaeologists working in various contexts around the world frequently label human remains found in a commingled, fragmented state as “secondary...

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"Pars Pro Toto" and Personhood in Roman Cremation Ritual: New Bioarchaeological Evidence for the Rite of "Os Resectum"

Emma-Jayne Graham, Carrie L. Sulosky Weaver, Andrew T. Chamberlain

240–254

Abstract

Os resectum, or “cut bone,” is an obscure Roman funerary rite known primarily from literary sources. To date, archaeological...

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Unraveling the Motives behind Multiple Burial in St. Rombout’s Cemetery in Mechelen, Belgium, Tenth–Eighteenth Centuries A.D.

Katrien Van de Vijver

255–282

Abstract

The numerous multiple burials found in St. Rombout’s parish cemetery in Mechelen, Belgium, dating from the tenth to eighteenth centuries A.D.,...

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Equality after Death: The Dissection of the Female Body for Anatomical Education in Nineteenth-Century England

Jenna M. Dittmar, Piers D. Mitchell

283–294

Abstract

Since the medieval period, anatomical dissection has been considered a cornerstone of medical education. In recent decades, several...

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