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Rethinking Collective Burial in Mediterranean Caves: Middle Bronze Age Grotta Regina Margherita, Central Italy

Skeates, Robin; Beckett, Jessica; Mancini, Daniela; Cavazzuti, Claudio; Silvestri, Letizia; Hamilton, W. Derek; Sayle, Kerry L.; Crowder, Kayla D.; Rolfo, Mario; Angle, Micaela

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Authors

Jessica Beckett

Daniela Mancini

Claudio Cavazzuti

W. Derek Hamilton

Kerry L. Sayle

Kayla D. Crowder

Mario Rolfo

Micaela Angle



Abstract

Drawing on the results of new multi-method research in Grotta Regina Margherita—the largest known Middle Bronze Age mortuary cave in west-central Italy (ca. 1650–1450 b.c.)—this article helps to replace the generic idea of “collective burial” with a more precise understanding of how the bodies of the deceased were transformed into potent social, symbolic, and sensuous resources housed in caves. It contextualizes this process within a nuanced understanding of settlement and subsistence practices, in which relatively short-lived and small-scale agricultural communities extended inland to the edge of the Apennine Mountains, ritually demarcating mortuary assemblages in caves in the process.

Citation

Skeates, R., Beckett, J., Mancini, D., Cavazzuti, C., Silvestri, L., Hamilton, W. D., …Angle, M. (2021). Rethinking Collective Burial in Mediterranean Caves: Middle Bronze Age Grotta Regina Margherita, Central Italy. Journal of Field Archaeology, 46(6), 382-398. https://doi.org/10.1080/00934690.2021.1917137

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Mar 23, 2021
Online Publication Date May 3, 2021
Publication Date 2021
Deposit Date Jun 1, 2021
Publicly Available Date Jun 1, 2021
Journal Journal of Field Archaeology
Print ISSN 0093-4690
Electronic ISSN 2042-4582
Publisher Taylor and Francis Group
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 46
Issue 6
Pages 382-398
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/00934690.2021.1917137

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