The Neolithic cemetery at Tell el-Kerkh. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Akira Tsuneki, Naoko Hironaga, Sari Jammo.
• Editors: Tsuneki, Akira; Hironaga, Naoko; Jammo, Sari
• Contents: Chapter 1: Introduction – Akira Tsuneki ; Chapter 2: Geological Conditions of Tell el-Kerkh – Ken-ichiro Hisada ; Chapter 3: The Tell el-Kerkh Site and Stratigraphy – Akira Tsuneki ; Chapter 4: Burial Types and the Transition of Kerkh Cemetery – Sari Jammo ; Chapter 5: Burial Catalogue of Kerkh Cemetery – Akira Tsuneki, Naoko Hironaga, Sari Jammo, Yuko Miyauchi and Yuki Tatsumi ; Chapter 6: The Human Remains of Tell el-Kerkh – Sean P. Dougherty ; Chapter 7: Radiocarbon Dating at Tell el-Kerkh – Yu Itahashi and Minoru Yoneda ; Chapter 8 (Discussion 1): Body Transformation: Skull Retrieval, Manipulation and Circulation of Human Remains at Kerkh Cemetery – Sari Jammo ; Chapter 9 (Discussion 2): The Meaning of Cremation – Naoko Hironaga ; Chapter 10 (Discussion 3): Stable Isotope Analyses of Human and Animal Bones at Tell el-Kerkh – Yu Itahashi and Minoru Yoneda ; Chapter 11: Conclusion – Akira Tsuneki ; Appendix: Neolithic Burials Outside of the Cemetery – Naoko Hironaga ; References ; Arabic Summary.
• Publisher Details: Oxford : Archaeopress Archaeology
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 939.43; Excavations (Archaeology) -- Syria -- Kerkh, Tell el; Neolithic period -- Syria -- Kerkh, Tell el; Cemeteries -- Syria -- Kerkh, Tell el; Kerkh, Tell el- (Syria) -- Antiquities
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781803270272
• Related ISBNs: 9781803270265
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