Description
Book SynopsisRoman Funerary Rituals in Mutina (Modena, Italy) presents the results of a research project undertaken in collaboration with the University of Huddersfield. The project sought to identify and reconstruct the funerary space and rituals of the necropolis in Mutina (now Modena) in the period between the first century BC and second century AD.
The research is a key example of integrated analyses, linking the different results in the same interpretative system and supporting traditional strategies (archaeology and archaeobotany) with advanced technology (SAXS, CT-scan).
The archaeobotanical remains (seeds and fruit) and the objects involved in the ceremonies constitute an important investigatory lens to reconstruct the mortuary rituals and attendance at the funerary space.
Table of ContentsContents ;
List of Figures and Tables ;
Introduction ;
Project ;
Religious thought ;
Rituals ;
Plants ;
Gardens ;
The Roman funerary ritual ;
Cremation and burial ;
Epigraphic, literary, and iconographic evidence ;
Literary sources ;
Epigraphic sources ;
Iconographic evidence ;
Mutina: The city and the Necropolis ;
North of the Via Emilia ;
South of the Via Emilia ;
The Necropolises ;
Site A – Novisad ;
Site B – Ferrari ;
Site C – Via Cesana ;
Site D – Via Pica ;
Site F – Fer-Mo-Sa ;
Site G – Marzaglia
Corpus Domini ;
Site I – Spilamberto ;
Material and methods ;
The
Mutina necropolis ;
Necropolis of the
ager mutinensis ;
Archaeobotanical analysis ;
Seeds/fruits ;
Charcoals ;
Results ;
Archaeological remains ;
Cooking and table ware ;
Oil lamps ;
Nails ;
Decorated bones ;
Archaeozoological remains ;
Coins ;
Archaeobotanical remains ;
Charcoals ;
CT-scan and Saxs analysis ;
SAXS Results ;
Discussion ;
CT-scan discussion ;
Conclusion ;
Tombs analysed by funerary ritual aspects ;
Site A ;
Site B ;
Site G ;
Conclusion ;
Bibliography
