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Research title: Investigation
of extraordinary Greek human body disposals, with special reference to necrophobia.
Subtitle: A bioarchaeological diachronic approach, with examination
of Case Studies from Greece
Key words: extraordinary- unusual- deviant, Greece, human, disposal,
necrophobia, bioarchaeology, palaeopathology, osteology, diachronic
Supervisors: Dr Charlotte Roberts (bioanthropologist) and Dr John Chapman (archaeologist), Dept. of Archaeology, University of Durham, UK
This long and ambitious doctoral research programme investigates deviant human burials and other types of disposal of the dead body from prehistory to post- byzantine times through case studies from Greece, with an emphasis on necrophobia. Unusual burials are defined, e.g., primary and/or secondary burials in unusual places or in unusual conditions by comparison to the ordinary burial customs of the cultural group, disposals in pits and wells, nailed, decapitated, and/or sacrificed individuals. An attempt will be made to explain this particular treatment of the body remains, considering the burial customs and our knowledge of the social, ritual and superstitious beliefs of the populations in question. Along with bibliographic research covering a variety of disciplines (archaeology, anthropology, history, folklore and ethnography), human skeletal remains are being studied macroscopically using osteological and palaeopathological methodology and epistemology.
Contact details
Anastasia Tsaliki
email:anastasia@connectfree.co.uk
or Anastasia.Tsaliki@durham.ac.uk
Dept. of Archaeology
University of Durham
South Road,
Science Site,
Durham
DH1 3LE
UK
Postgraduate secretariat:
Tel: +44 (0)191 374 3629
Fax: +44 (0)191 374 3619
http://www.dur.ac.uk/Archaeology/
Publications
Environmental remains and burials from Neolithic and Chalcolithic Cyprus. Tsaliki A. 2000.
English abstract
This paper deals with natural resources (water, topography, geology) and organic remains (fauna, flora and human burials and skeletal data) from the most famous sites of Neolithic and Chalcolithic Cyprus.
A plethora of important volumes and papers regarding ancient Cyprus have been published, so the interested reader should consult the bibliography at the end of this article. The objective of the present work is to gather and present published information on the most famous Neolithic and Chalcolithic Cypriot sites. However, instead of dealing with architectural remains and artifacts, it focuses on environment and on organic remains, which often lack the reader's attention as if they were of secondary importance. Therefore, data on topography, geology, climate, hydrology, and research on faunal, floral and human skeletal remains are presented. This paper, which is about 10,000 words in length, is based on Greek, English and French publications. One of the aims is to correspond the most often mentioned Latin terms with their Greek and English equivalent, when possible, since trilingual or multilingual dictionaries and glossaries covering the disciplines of biology, physical anthropology, geology and ecology are few to non-existent. Special thanks are due to Profs. E. Mantzourani and L. Karali from Athens University for years of support and teaching. I would also like to thank Ms Freya Horsfield for the publication of my article on line.
Comments and suggestions are welcome.
Paleoanthropological
Remarks on Skeletons from Neolithic Cyprus -
Lilian Karali-Yannakopoulou and Anastasia Tsaliki
bibliography
Four Chamber Tombs at Audemou-Kamares, Cyprus (c. 2000-1700 BC) -Osteological Analysis Lilian Karali and Anastasia Tsaliki
Audemou-Kamares - Poster for the British Association of Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology (BABAO) Annual Conference, University of Durham, 14-15 July 2001-introductory bibliography for osteological analysis
G. Vavouranakis, University of Sheffield, L. Karali, University of Athens, G. Manginis, University of London, and A Tsaliki, University of Durham. Funerary Rites of Passage in PreBA2 Cyprus: The Evidence from Audemou-Kamares. Paper given to 2002 ASOR Annual Meeting. abstract
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