Forensic Taphonomy aims to provide information relevant to the courts in cases where cadavers have been allowed to decompose. Here I consider the cadaver’s effects on the burial environment when decomposition occurs on the soil surface or belowground. Significant advances have been made in recent years that have allowed a better understanding of cadaver decomposition, its effect on the burial e...

We present an arhaeoparasitological analysis of a unique burial from the Neftprovod II burial ground in East Siberia, which dated from the Bronze Age. Analysis of a sediment sample from the sacral region of the pelvis revealed the presence of Taenia sp. eggs. Because uncooked animal tissue is the primary source of Taenia, this indicated that the individual was likely consuming raw or undercooke...

Inferences of purposeful Middle Palaeolithic (MP) burial are almost universally accepted, despite published arguments that the pre-1960s discoveries are equally well explained by natural processes. In the modern human origins debate (perhaps the most hotly disputed question in palaeoanthropology) inferences of MP burial are crucial in arguments for an early Upper Pleistocene emergence of modern...

Chmiel, H. E. 2015. The role of sediments in the carbon cycle of boreal lakes. Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Science and Technology 1279. 42 pp. Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. ISBN 978-91-554-9318-9. Inland waters are active sites of carbon (C) processing and emitters of carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) to the atmosphere. In the bor...

A single human skeleton presumed to be of late Roman date was uncovered during the 1997 field season at Campanaio. It was initially recorded in situ and subsequently examined in more detail after excavation and cleaning. The burial position of the skeleton and the lack of grave cut suggest that this may not have been a deliberate burial. Skeleton E 328 represented a male individual of medium he...

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The first painted tombs in Etruria date to about 675–650 BC, as attested by a few examples at Veii and Caere, which pre-date those of Tarquinia (mainly sixth–third centuries BC). At first glance, tomb painting has no obvious connection with the Early Iron Age or Villanovan period (tenth/ninth–eighth centuries BC), when burial in shaft or trench graves predominated. Nevertheless, some links can ...