Excavation Of Tomb Research Articles

Archaelogy, genetics and history 15 years of research in Yakutia (2002–2017)

For the past 15 years, our research has focused on the evolution of the first Yakut populations, their interaction with local tribes as well as with the Russian population, which marks the beginning of Yakutia's development from the first half of the 17th century. We conducted the excavation of tombs and we analysed the cultural, historical and paleogenetic data uncovered. A review and a synthesis of the main results published in articles and monographs informs our research directions for the future.

The 1954 Excavation of Tombs at Tauchira and Euesperides, Libya

In 1954, Walter Beasley, the founder of the Australian Institute of Archaeology (the Institute), financially supported a young Australian archaeologist, G.R.H. Wright, to excavate tombs at Tauchira, near modern Tocra, and Euesperides, in present day Benghazi, Libya. Excavations produced artefacts some of which were sent to the Institute for its museum collection. This paper alerts scholars to the Institute’s holdings from the excavations at Tauchira and Euesperides.

The Excavation of Tomb No. 1 of the Chu State at Wangshanqiao

The Excavation of Tomb No. 1 of the Chu State at Wangshanqiao

The Excavation of Tombs of the Liao and Jin Dynasties at Xihuan Road in Datong City, Shanxi Province

The Excavation of Tombs of the Liao and Jin Dynasties at Xihuan Road in Datong City, Shanxi Province

Reconciling Excavated Textiles with Contemporary Documentary Evidence: a Closer Look at the Finds from a Sixth-Century Tomb at Astana

The excavation of tombs in the Astana graveyard, Turfan, has provided a wealth of evidence for studying everyday life on the Silk Road. Manuscripts and textiles constitute two major groups of the excavated finds. Among the manuscripts are over 60 burial inventories (yiwushu), listing items that would accompany the deceased to the afterlife. Some of the items on the inventories were real and can be identified with objects found in the tombs; some were represented symbolically: for example in miniature form; and others, probably included for formulaic purposes, were imagined. Although there have been several studies on the burial inventories and textiles from Turfan, the two are usually considered separately, with little attention to their correlation, mainly because burial inventories tend to be studied by specialists working on documents, and textiles are usually studied by textile specialists. In 2005 we were fortunate to be able to examine all the textiles from a mid-sixth century tomb at Astana (72TAM170), and to study the three burial inventories found in that tomb. Comparing the physical textile remains against the burial inventories from the same tomb offered us a rare opportunity to test the accuracy of the burial inventories, and also to identify the physical textile remains with the textile terminology of that time. This article is arranged in four parts which present a brief description of the tomb, details of the burial inventories, a comparison of the textile remains against the burial inventories and a closer look at the silk textiles found in the tomb.

Umm an‐Nar burial 401 at Bat, Oman: architecture and finds

The archaeological site at Bat has an important status with regard to research on the Umm an‐Nar culture. Investigations began there in 1972 and were revived in 2004, when the excavation of tomb 401 was begun. This paper presents the complete corpus of grave‐goods. Despite all the disturbances within the find layers, when comparing the two chambers it is possible to observe some indications of the different burial cycles and detect distinguishing characteristics. Taking into account the divergent earlier and later ceramic styles, burial use must be proposed between 2400 and 2200 BC. This date accords with observations of the architectural details of tomb 401 and with the sequence of tomb construction types in the Bat region.This paper is dedicated to the memory of professor Gerd Weisgerber.

Book Review of The LMIII Cemetery at Tourloti, Siteia: The "Xanthoudias Master" and the Octopus Style in East Crete, by Constantinos Paschalidis

Excavations of tombs in the Late Minoan (LM) III cemetery at Plakalona, located a few kilometers north of the east Cretan village of Tourloti, have been conducted episodically (but quite frequently) and often illicitly for more than a century. Whether legally sanctioned or not, these excavations have typically been poorly recorded, if documented at all, and have remained unpublished aside from a few laconic and usually unillustrated summaries, as the brief introduction to this slim volume makes abundantly clear (3–4).

Israeli Law, Jewish Law and the Archaeological Excavation of Tombs

SummaryThe author discusses the conflict in Israel between the public interest in archaeological research and the religious convictions that human remains, once buried, should not be touched. The conflict is exacerbated by urban development, which, in this ancient land, necessitates rescue excavations of tombs, thus bringing the problem to a head. The article examines, first, the rules of Jewish law, which, the author contends, have made it possible to accommodate the interests of the living, and, secondly, the scientific value of the archaeological excavation of tombs, using recent examples as illustrations. The author concludes that Jewish law could be interpreted and applied more flexibly and could then be reconciled with Israeli law. However, even if such a development were not to take place, then, in keeping with democratic values, government officials and the courts would be required to follow the policies established by the legislator, a balance between the conflicting interests having already been embodied in the law.

Three Han dynasty tombs at Ma‐wang‐tui

Abstract Taken together, the three Ma‐wang‐tui tombs are probably the richest discovery in Chinese archaeology since 1949. Tomb No. 1 belonging to Lady Li and Tomb No. 3, the burial of her son, date from the mid‐second century B.C. and were found in a remarkably well‐preserved state. Tomb No. 2 which belonged to Li Ts'ang (d. 186 B.C.), the Marquis of Tai, had been opened by tomb robbers on several occasions and contained little of interest. Excavations of Tombs No. 1 and No. 3, revealed the construction of the tombs and the marvellously preserved contents of the tomb‐chambers. These include the corpse of Lady Li, two magnificent funerary banners, and a host of grave‐furnishings including copies of classical texts, maps, medical treatises, musical instruments, lacquerware, sacrificial vessels and funerary food‐offerings. The form of the burials does much to illuminate the nature of the Ch'u culture that thrived in the Ch'ang‐sha area until the late third century B.C., and will help explain how the Ch'u pe...

The changing picture of staphylococcic infections in otolaryngologic practice.

Introduction The Staphylococcus (Micrococcus) Pyogenes var. aureus is probably one of the very earliest infection agents known to man, as its ravages, in the form of osteomyelitis lesions, have been recorded in bones recovered from excavations of tombs dating back many centuries in antiquity. It is likewise one of the most ubiquitous organisms, and its adaptability to environmental circumstances explains its continuing importance as a serious contender for the title of today's Captain of the Men of Death, as pointed out recently in an editorial in the British Medical Journal . 1 One can truthfully say that the first half of the 20th century has been the period in medical history which undoubtedly will be credited with medicine's greatest advance in the battle against infectious disease. It has been the period of antisepsis, asepsis, and the beginning of the antibiotic and chemotherapeutic era. But it must be confessed the final answer