An early Epipalaeolithic sitting burial from the Azraq Oasis, eastern Jordan

TY - JOUR

T1 - An early Epipalaeolithic sitting burial from the Azraq Oasis, eastern Jordan

AU - Richter, Tobias

AU - Stock, Jay

AU - Maher, Lisa

AU - Hebron, Caroline

PY - 2010/6

Y1 - 2010/6

N2 - Detailed analysis of the anatomy and taphonomic process of a burial in Jordan shows that the body was originally bound in a sitting position and placed in marshland, where it collapsed into the splayed tableau eventually recovered by excavation. The authors succeed in reconstructing a burial rite from one of the most elusive of mortuary phases: the Early Epipalaeolithic in south-west Asia.

AB - Detailed analysis of the anatomy and taphonomic process of a burial in Jordan shows that the body was originally bound in a sitting position and placed in marshland, where it collapsed into the splayed tableau eventually recovered by excavation. The authors succeed in reconstructing a burial rite from one of the most elusive of mortuary phases: the Early Epipalaeolithic in south-west Asia.

M3 - Journal article

SN - 0003-598X

VL - 84

SP - 321

EP - 334

JO - Antiquity

JF - Antiquity

IS - 232

ER -