Funerary Archaeology And Forensis Taphonomy 2023/2024

Program: Theoretical lessons. Introduction and basic concepts, definition of funerary archaeology, forensic taphonomy, taphonomic research; the decomposition process; transformative processes; inhumation and cremation; classification of the different burials (primary, secondary, single, double, multiple); multiple burials and depositional chronology; corpse concealment; the minimum number of individuals; decomposition in a void and in filled space; orientation of the corpse; post-depositional movements; the archaeological excavation and the anthropological perspective; labile and persistent anatomical connections; compression of the skeleton; alterations of skeletal remains, biotic and abiotic factors; the anthropological documentation; the removal of the skeletal remains; body farms; examples and case-study. Practical lessons. Identification of different typologies of burials and decomposition modalities; Analysis of labile and persistent anatomical connections and potential compression of the skeleton; alterations of skeletal remains; multiple burials, estimation of the minimum number of individuals; writing anthropological documentation; case study simulation.