Inhumation and cremation in medieval Mongolia: analysis and analogy
COQUEUGNIOT, Hélène
Archéosciences Bordeaux
École Pratique des Hautes Études [EPHE]
De la Préhistoire à l'Actuel : Culture, Environnement et Anthropologie [PACEA]
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Archéosciences Bordeaux
École Pratique des Hautes Études [EPHE]
De la Préhistoire à l'Actuel : Culture, Environnement et Anthropologie [PACEA]
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Antiquity. 2006, vol. 80, p. 894–905
Antiquity Publications/Cambridge University Press
Resumen en inglés
The authors study burials of the medieval period in westernMongolia shortly before the emergence of Genghis Khan. They find that both inhumation and cremation are practised, with a variety of accompanying rituals. Systematic ...Leer más >
The authors study burials of the medieval period in westernMongolia shortly before the emergence of Genghis Khan. They find that both inhumation and cremation are practised, with a variety of accompanying rituals. Systematic micro-analysis of bone fragments on the one hand, and the accounts of early travellers on the other, allow these researchers to propose detailed explanations of mortuary practice in thirteenth century Altai that will be highly suggestive to prehistorians working elsewhere.< Leer menos
Palabras clave en inglés
Mongolia
Egyin Gol
Genghis Khan period
funeral practices
cremation
burial
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