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Author Boulestin, Bruno, author

Title Cannibalism in the linear pottery culture : the human remains from Herxheim / Bruno Boulestin and Anne-sophie Coupey
Published Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, [2015]
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Description 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour)
Series Archaeopress archaeology
Archaeopress archaeology
Summary The Herxheim enclosure, located in the German region of Palatinate, is one of the major discoveries of the last two decades regarding the Linear Pottery Culture, and probably one of the most significant in advancing understanding of how this culture ended. The spectacular deposits, mostly composed of human remains, recovered on the occasion of the two excavation campaigns carried out on the site, grabbed people's attention and at the same time raised several questions regarding their interpretation, which had so far mostly hesitated between peculiar funerary practices, war and cannibalism. The authors provide here an extensive study of the human remains found at Herxheim, focusing mainly on those recovered during the 2005-2010 excavation campaign
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Available through Archaeopress Digital Subscription Service
Audience Specialized
Notes Online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 9, 2016)
Subject Bandkeramik culture.
Cannibalism -- Germany -- Herxheim -- History -- To 1500
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Germany -- Herxheim
Bandkeramik (Neolithic culture or style)
Linienbandkeramik (Neolithic culture and style)
Stichbandkeramik (culture or style)
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology
Antiquities
Bandkeramik culture
Cannibalism
Excavations (Archaeology)
SUBJECT Herxheim (Germany) -- Antiquities
Subject Germany -- Herxheim
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Coupey, Anne-Sophie, author
Archaeopress, publisher.
ISBN 178491214X
9781784912147