Distancing the Dead: Late Chalcolithic Burials in Large Maze Caves in the Negev Desert, Israel
The Late Chalcolithic of the southern Levant (ca. 4500-3800 B.C.E.) is known for its extensive use of the subterranean sphere for mortuary practices. Numerous natural and hewn caves, constituting formal extramural cemeteries, were used as secondary burial localities for multiple individuals, reflect...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2018
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| In: |
Bulletin of ASOR
Year: 2018, Volume: 379, Pages: 113-152 |
| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament HH Archaeology KBL Near East and North Africa |
| Further subjects: | B
cave burials
B animal husbandry B Ashalim Cave B Qina Cave B social deviancy B Levant B Chalcolithic B mortuary practices |
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Volltext (kostenfrei) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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