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Leiden : Sidestone Press, 2020

1 online resource (410 pages)

ISBN 9789088909054 (electronic bk.)

ISBN 9789088909030

Scales of Transformation Ser. ; v.11

Print version: Fuchs, K. Interdisciplinary Analysis of the Cemetery Kudachurt 14 Leiden : Sidestone Press,c2020 ISBN 9789088909030

Intro -- Preface of the editors -- Preface of the cooperation partners / pREDISLOWIE -- pREDISLOWIE -- Preface and acknowledgement of the author -- pREDISLOWIE AWTORA I BLAGODARENIQ -- Part I -- Background and objectives of research -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Environmental and archaeological background -- 1.1.1 Topography and environment -- 1.1.2 The North Caucasian Bronze Age: Cultures and chronology -- 1.1.3 Climatic conditions -- 1.2 State of the art -- 1.2.1 Burial practices: Socio-ritual indicators -- 1.2.2 Human Remains: Osteology and Palaeopathology -- 1.2.3 Stable isotope analyses: Palaeodietary reconstructions -- 2 Research questions and methodological approach -- 2.1 The cemetery "Kudachurt 14" (chapter 3) -- 2.2 Burial practice: Social indicators (chapter 4) -- 2.3 Human remains: Demography and oral health (chapter 5) -- 2.4 Carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes: Palaeodietary reconstruction (chapter 6) -- 2.5 Interdisciplinary synthesis: Burial practice, human osteology, and stable isotopes (chapter 7) -- 2.6 Basic approach and terminology -- 3 The cemetery of Kudachurt 14 -- 3.1 Location and environmental aspects -- 3.2 Excavation and subsequent work -- 3.2.1 Excavation techniques and on-site documentation -- 3.2.2 Inventory, preparation, and current state -- 3.3 Cemetery plan -- 3.4 Finds and chronology -- 3.4 1 Relative chronology and typological classification -- 3.4.2 Radiocarbon dating and stratigraphy -- 3.4.3 Summary: Chronology and typological classification -- 3.5 Kudachurt 14 and the MBA-LBA transition in the Northern Caucasus -- Disciplinary Analyses: Burial Practices, Human remains and isotopes -- 4 Burial practice: Social indicators -- 4.1 Characteristics of burial practice -- 4.1.1 Spatial distribution -- 4.1.2 Elements of grave construction -- 4.1.3 Inhumations and burial type -- 4.1.4 Goods for the dead: burial items.

4.1.5 Data quality groups -- 4.2 Results 1: Basis of data and single characteristics -- 4.2.1 Elements of grave construction -- 4.2.2 Inhumation and burial types -- 4.2.3 Burial items -- 4.3 Results 2: Social proxies of burial practice -- 4.3.1 Construction elements, burial types and MNIG -- 4.3.2 Construction elements and burial item criteria -- 4.3.3 Burial item criteria: burial types and individuals -- 4.3.4 Burial item criteria: Assemblage functional character and burial type -- 4.3.5 Burial item criteria: Assemblage composition and burial type -- 4.3.6 Burial item criteria: Assemblage functional character and individuals -- 4.3.6.1 Single burials -- 4.3.6.2 Double burials -- 4.3.6.3 Collective burials -- 4.3.6.4 Bodily treatment -- 4.3.6.5 Interim result: Individual equipment -- 4.4 Chronological aspects -- 4.5 Discussion and evaluation: Burial practice and social indicators -- 4.5.1 Grave constructions: Proxies for effort or practicability? -- 4.5.2 Regularities of bodily treatment? -- 4.5.3 Burial item criteria: Cemetery -- 4.5.4 Funeral equipment groups: Commonalities or inequalities? -- 4.5.5 Social implications of burial practice -- 4.6 Conclusions -- 5 Human Remains: Demography and oral health -- 5.1 Functional data from human remains -- 5.2 The significance of biological sex and age at death -- 5.3 Dental pathology and oral health -- 5.4 Investigative parameters and methods -- 5.4.1 Anatomical terminology -- 5.4.2 Preparatory work and recording approach -- 5.4.3 Age at death -- 5.4.4 Biological sex -- 5.4.5 Categories of oral health -- 5.5 Material: Graves, individuals, and dentitions -- 5.6 Results 1: Skeletal preservation, demography, and categories of oral health -- 5.6.1 Data basis: Skeletal and dental preservation -- 5.6.2 Demography: Age at death and biological sex -- 5.6.3 Categories of oral health.

8.1.3 Human remains: Demography and oral health (chapter 5) -- 8.1.4 Carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes: Palaeodietary reconstruction (chapter 6) -- 8.1.5 Interdisciplinary synthesis: Burial practice, human osteology, and stable isotopes (chapter 7) -- 8.2 Evaluation and research prospects -- 9 Short summary -- 10 Kurzzusammenfassung -- 11 KRATKAQ INFORMACIQ -- 12 References -- 13 Tables, figures and abbreviations -- 13.1 List of tables (short captions) -- 13.2 List of figures (short captions) -- 13.2.1 Copyrights -- 13.3 Abbreviations -- Online data: catalogue and appendix -- Online Data: Catalogue and Appendix -- Blank Page -- Blank Page.

5.6.4 Summary oral health: Results 1 -- 5.7 Results 2: Statuses of oral health and burial context -- 5.7.1 Correlations of oral health categories: Inter-individual comparison -- 5.7.2 Statuses of oral health, burial contexts and spatial distribution -- 5.8 Chronological aspects -- 5.9 Discussion and evaluation: Demography and oral health at Kudachurt 14 -- 5.9.1 Demographic and palaeopathological implications -- 5.9.2 Dietary implications -- 5.9.3 Occupational habits -- 5.9.4 Social implications -- 6 Carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes: Palaeodietary reconstruction -- 6.1 Principles of stable isotope analyses -- 6.1.1 Basic concept and terminology -- 6.1.2 Stable C and N isotopes from bone collagen -- 6.1.3 Stable C and N isotopes in palaeodietary reconstructions -- 6.2 Recent research on subsistence and diet in the North Caucasian Bronze Age -- 6.3 The significance of Kudachurt 14 -- 6.4 Working hypotheses -- 6.5 Material and methods -- 6.5.1 Sample selection -- 6.5.2 Methods -- 6.6 Results -- 6.6.1 Collagen quality -- 6.6.2 Animal values -- 6.6.3 Human values -- 6.6.4 Animal and human values -- 6.7 Discussion and evaluation -- 6.8 Chronological aspects -- 6.9 Context of current C and N isotope research in the North Caucasian Bronze Age -- 6.10 Conclusion: Trends and limits of dietary reconstructions at Kudachurt 14 -- Interdisciplinary synthesis and conclusion -- 7 Interdisciplinary synthesis: Burial practice, human remains, and stable isotopes -- 7.1 Cemetery: Age, sex, and funeral equipment -- 7.2 Individual contexts: Burial practice, social inequality, and demography -- 7.3 Grave contexts: Social inequality, demography, oral health, and diet -- 8 Conclusions -- 8.1 Research questions and answers -- 8.1.1 The cemetery of Kudachurt 14 (chapter 3) -- 8.1.2 Burial practice: Social indicators (chapter 4).

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