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96. Buried side by side: The last hunter-gatherers of the south-western Iberian Peninsula through the lens of their mortuary practices
Publication . Stjerna, Rita Peyroteo
This paper summarizes the results of my research (Peyroteo-Stjerna 2016a) focusing on burial activities of the last hunter-gatherers of the south-western Iberian Peninsula. Human burials were investigated in terms of time and practice based on the application of three methods: radiocarbon dating and Bayesian analysis to define the chronological framework of the burial activity at each site and valley; stable isotope analysis of carbon and nitrogen aimed at defining the burial populations by the identification of dietary choices; and archaeothanatology to reconstruct and define central practices in the treatment of the dead. This research provides new perspectives on the role and relevance of the shell middens in the Tagus and Sado Valleys. Death rituals played a central role in the life of these hunter-gatherers in developing a sense of community, as well as for maintaining social ties in both life and death.
Roots of death: origins of human burial and the research on Early Holocene mortuary practices in the Iberian Peninsula
Publication . Peyroteo-Stjerna, Rita
In the context of postglacial environmental changes, the new form of settlement known to exist in the Late Mesolithic seems to be followed by a different relationship to death. In the archaeological record, this is well observed in the shell midden sites known in both the Tagus and Sado valleys in Portugal, with ca. 374 human burials of both sexes and ages, mostly individual primary depositions. This concentration of human remains and the regular practice of funerary burial are in apparent contrast with the archaeological record for previous phases, at least in the Iberian Peninsula. Here, I present a review of the archaeological data available for the mortuary practices of the Early Holocene, i.e. Early Mesolithic, in the Iberian Peninsula, prior to these Late Mesolithic cemeteries in the Tagus and Sado valleys, and attempt to trace back in time the possible origins of this behaviour in the hunter-gatherer mortuary tradition.
Death in Place: Rituals in Practice
Publication . Peyroteo-Stjerna, Rita
This paper explores the intricate relations between mortuary ritual
practice and the active role of memory in the construction and reconstruction
of place by hunter-gatherer groups.
The data for this preliminary study are drawn from the Mesolithic
shell midden sites located in the Tagus and Sado valleys in Portugal,
where ca. 374 human burials have been excavated since the
late nineteenth century.
The aim of this essay is to rehearse a holistic approach to the
study of the Mesolithic hunter-gatherers, by sewing together the
spheres of death, memory and place.
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SFRH/BD/72758/2010