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An eneolithic funerary ritual: ceramic evidence

Atti del XIII Congresso : Forì, Italia, 1996, 8-14 settembre = Actes du XIII Congres : Forlì, Italia, 1996, 8-14 septembre = Proceedings of the XIII Congress : Forlì, Italia, 1996, 8-14 september / [scientific direction, Carlo Peretto ; editorial direction, Carlo Giunchi • Forlì, Italy • Published In 1998 • Pages: 3-8

By: Gheorghiu, Dragos.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document

Gheorghiu examines decorated ceramic statuettes that lack facial features, arms, or separate feet to produce some information on the funerary customs of the Cucuteni. These statuettes are decorated with chevron-like designs. Gheorghiu hypothesizes that these designs represent instructions on how to wrap a body for burial. Gheorghiu also speculates that one explanation for the lack of cemeteries may be due to leaving the corpse exposed and off the ground.

SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF

Visual arts

Burial practices and funerals

Sacred objects and places

traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)

Southeastern Europe Late Chalcolithic

HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document

2002

RegionThe area the document pertains to

Europe

Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region

Southeastern Europe

Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs

essay

Evaluation

Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.

Archaeologist

Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.

4: Excellent Secondary Data

AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection

Sarah Berry ; 2001

Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document

no date

Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to

7000 BP-5000 BP (5th -4th millennium B.C.)

Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)

Cucuteni-Tripolye culture; Moldova, Romania, Ukraine

NotesAdditional notes

Dragos Gheorghiu

Includes bibliographical references (p. 6-7)

LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number

00358860

LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings

Copper Age--Europe, eastern