Mortuary Studies
Ivory Bangle Lady
The Ivory Bangle Lady an elite burial of a Roman woman from North Africa, buried in the historic town of York.
The Dawn of Angkor
Excavations by Charles Higham at the Neolithic, Iron Age, and Bronze Age cemetery of Ban Non Wat in Thailand reveal exciting new information about the beginnings of the Angkor civilization of Southeast Asia.
Otzi the Iceman
Otzi the Iceman is one of those amazing discoveries that continues, even decades after the original find, to surprise us with new bits of information. The
Cemetery Records and Public Archaeology
The Evergreen Cemetery Recording Project is the work of students from the University of Arkansas and the residents of Fayetteville. The website combines archaeology method and theory with usable information for the community. Project director Gregory Vogel discusses the project with About.com
Death and Commemoration: An Article Abstract
Death and Commemoration: An Article Abstract
Black Death
The Black Death was the name given to an episode of the devastating bubonic plague in Europe between 1348 and 1351.
Burial Archaeology
From Spoilheap, a survey of burial practices from earliest times to the recent past, with particular emphasis on Britain.
The First African Americans - Archaeology and Isotope Analysis at Campeche,...
Stable isotope analysis—the study of the balance of the minerals resident in human bones and teeth—has assisted in identifying what may be among the earliest African Americans in the New World, and perhaps indications of slave trade in the early 16th century between West African and the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico. Results of these...
Farber Gravestone Collection
From the inventive David Rumsey and the American Antiquarian Society, an online database of 13,500 images taken by three photographers of 9000 North American gravestones dated before 1800. Fascinating.
Barrow
A barrow is the archaeological term for a specific type of burial mound belonging to the Neolithic period structures in western Europe.
Funeral and Burial Practices
From Michael D.Bathrick and Charles M. Niquette, a somewhat outdated (1994) collection of references.
Burials and Graves in Archaeology
Archaeological research into death includes mortuary behaviors, grave goods, cemetery plans, mortality, morbidity, and diet and health.
Iceman (Italy)
The Iceman was found in the Tyrolean Alps in 1991, a Bronze Age hunter lost in a storm between 3350-3300 BC
Egtved Girl (Denmark)
Egtved Girl is an extremely well-preserved burial of a Bronze age woman (ca. 1370 BC) located in south Jutland, Denmark.
Standard Osteological Database Project
From Thomas Green and Jerome Rose, the SOD project will act as a repository for data generated worldwide via the Internet.
Paleopathology
Paleopathology is the study of diseases in ancient humans or other lifeforms.