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1 Assoc. Prof. in Environmental Archaeology, Dept. of Archaeology and History of Art, University of Athens, University Campus, Athens, 157 84, Greece, E-mail: ikaral@arch.uoa.gr
2 MPhil/PhD student, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG, E-mail: 111960@soas.ac.uk
3 Doc. Researcher in Bioarchaeology, Dept. of Archaeology, University of Durham, Science Site, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK, E-mail: jaguar2000@iname.com.
4 PhD student, Research School, Dept. of Archaeology & Prehistory, The University of Sheffield, West Court, 2 Mappin Street, Sheffield S1 4DT, UK, E-mail: g.vavouranakis@sheffield.ac.uk
This joint study programme integrates a wider interpretative scope with analytical methods. It aims to reach a better understanding of burial practices in Prehistoric Cyprus than the usual rescue excavation reports, mainly providing descriptive typologies, and scarce osteological studies, often in isolation with each other. In 1994, the Department of Antiquities in Cyprus excavated four chamber tombs at Audemou-Kamares, a cemetery dating to the Prehistoric Bronze Age (PreBA) 2 (c. 2000-1700). Despite the disturbed context, the finds provide a rich repertoire of storage, serving and consuming vessels. Nonetheless, the potential of such an assemblage can only be enabled if complemented with the osteological analysis.
The individuals identified reach a minimum number of nine: seven adults (both males and females) and two young subadults. They are accompanied by various animal species (eg. Bos, Equus, Ovis, Capra, Mus, Lepus, Avis), some in ritual relation with the dead, bearing cut marks as well, and some being taphonomic intruders. An integrated approach will show how the dead, the artifacts, and the ecofacts should be studied in close relation to each other. In particular, human remains and animal bones can indicate how the artifacts operated in functional as well as wider social and symbolic contexts.
Poster for the British Association of Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology (BABAO) Annual Conference, University of Durham, 14-15 July 2001
Osteological analysis of material from Audemou-Kamares
introductory bibliography for osteological analysis
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