A survey of Late Bronze Age funerary archaeology over the last 25 years in the central and southern Aegean
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Galanakis, Y
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2018-12-15Journal Title
Archaeological Reports 64 (2017–2018)
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Galanakis, Y. (2018). A survey of Late Bronze Age funerary archaeology over the last 25 years in the central and southern Aegean. Archaeological Reports 64 (2017–2018) https://doi.org/10.1017/S0570608413000XXX
Abstract
This contribution offers a brief survey of funerary archaeology undertaken in the central and southern Aegean over the course of the last 25 years. Major construction projects and salvage and systematic excavations have brought to light some 1,700 new Late Bronze Age tombs (i.e. 27% of the extant corpus). Despite these discoveries, however, very few tombs have received a final publication and few of these projects are context driven. New data are and will continue to be desirable – but it is the quality of recording these data, our research questions and the careful application of new methodologies, during and after excavation, that will open up new interpretative avenues and debates. With the number of secure archaeological contexts dwindling fast, not least because of the constant threat of looting, developing new approaches (for example understanding site formation and episodes of use) is crucial if we are to recover as much as possible and advance our knowledge of the multivalent roles played by burials within ancient societies.
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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0570608413000XXX
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/287063
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