Finally, even though these people had been separated from the objects they were buried with, copper staining gives some indication. Combined with the c14 dates, we can see that people were being buried with objects into the 12th and 13th centuries, later than expected
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We analysed antiquarian finds from around churches in Gotland. These were found by gravediggers and had been stored without much documentation, separated from the better recorded objects, but their newspaper wrappings provided some hints as to which sites they came from.
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New publication just in time for Christmas, in Current Swedish Archaeology! Osteological analysis and c14 dating of human remains from the first churchyard burials on Gotland.
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In Rome for #EAA2024. On Friday will be chairing and speaking in session 182 on non-burial treatment of the dead. Including a sneak preview of my and Ali Klevnäs’s forthcoming
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paper!

Call for papers for #eaa2024 in Rome!

We're interested in ways of interacting with dead bodies beyond simple burying or burning, and how we might identify such practices. Any period, any place.

Submit abstracts here by 8th Feb: submissions.e-a-a.org/eaa2024/

Using a method of kernel density estimation (and correcting for any marine reservoir effects), this shows a peak in grave good use around 600AD. A point in time when other models have suggested there wasn’t much furnishing going on, outside very rich graves like Sutton Hoo