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The Bioarchaeology of Classical Kamarina - Life and Death in Greek Sicily (Hardcover)
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The Bioarchaeology of Classical Kamarina - Life and Death in Greek Sicily (Hardcover)
Series: Bioarchaeological Interpretations of the Human Past: Local, Regional, and Global
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Human remains and burial customs are often considered separately in
studies of ancient Greek populations. In this seminal work, Carrie
Sulosky Weaver synthesizes skeletal, material, and ritual data to
reconstruct the cultural practices of Kamarina, a city-state in
Sicily. Using evidence from 258 recovered graves from the Passo
Marinaro necropolis (circa the fifth to the third century BCE),
Sulosky Weaver suggests that Kamarineans were closely linked to
their counterparts in neighboring Greek cities. Evidence of
violence, like head trauma and a high young adult mortality rate,
indicate exposure to a series of catastrophic events. Other
evidence at burial sites allude to Kamarina's mixed ancestry,
ethnicity, and social hierarchy. Despite the tumultuous nature of
the times, the resulting portrait reveals that Kamarina was a place
where individuals of diverse ethnicities and ancestries were united
in life and death by shared culture and funerary practices.
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