Bone diagenesis in via XVII inhumations (Bracara Augusta): Identification of taphonomic and environmental factors in differential skeletal preservation

Bone decomposition in archaeological contexts is differential and dependent on geological and taphonomic variables. The present work analyses evidences of skeletal diagenesis in 25 inhumations (3rd-4th to 5th-7th centuries) from the Via XVII necropolis of Bracara Augusta (Braga, Portugal). Bracara A...

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Main Author: Marado, Luís Miguel (author)
Other Authors: Braga, Cristina Maria Vilas Boas Braga (author), Fontes, Luís Fernando Oliveira (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2018
Subjects:
Bioarchaeology
Funerary archaeology
Bone decomposition
Late Roman/paleochristian
Bioarqueologia
Arqueologia funerária
Decomposição óssea
Período tardo-romano/paleocristão
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/66969
Country:Portugal
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