Geochemical and spectroscopic approach to the characterization of earliest cremated human bones from the Levant (PPNB of Kharaysin, Jordan)

Cremation is a widespread funerary practice that aims to burn the body and create a new appearance of human remains. It has been interpreted as a ritual transition that includes a sequence of acts and processes aimed at commemorating the dead on an individual and collective scale. In the Near East,...

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Autores: Iriarte Avilés, Eneko, García Tojal, Javier, Santana Cabrera, Jonathan, Jorge Villar, Susana E., Teira, Luis ., Muñiz Álvarez, Juan Ramón, Ibáñez, Juan José .
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Burgos (UBU)
Repositorio:Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos (RIUBU)
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Palabra clave:Cremation
PPNB
Jordan
X-ray diffraction
FTIR
EPR
Raman spectroscopy
Arqueología
Paleontología
Archaeology
Paleontology
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spelling Geochemical and spectroscopic approach to the characterization of earliest cremated human bones from the Levant (PPNB of Kharaysin, Jordan)Iriarte Avilés, EnekoGarcía Tojal, JavierSantana Cabrera, JonathanJorge Villar, Susana E.Teira, Luis .Muñiz Álvarez, Juan RamónIbáñez, Juan José .CremationPPNBJordanX-ray diffractionFTIREPRRaman spectroscopyArqueologíaPaleontologíaArchaeologyPaleontologyCremation is a widespread funerary practice that aims to burn the body and create a new appearance of human remains. It has been interpreted as a ritual transition that includes a sequence of acts and processes aimed at commemorating the dead on an individual and collective scale. In the Near East, fire-induced manipulation or cremation was not a usual burial practice during the Pre-Pottery Neolithic. In this contribution, we present the geochemical (X-ray fluorescence), mineralogical (X-ray Diffraction) and spectroscopic (Raman spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and (Electron Paramagnetic Resonance) analysis of bones from a Late Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (ca. 9000 yr cal BP) burial in Kharaysin site (Quneya, Zarqa) in northwest Jordan. We discuss the data obtained by the different analytical methods reviewing the state of the art of each analytical method to infer bone burning palaeotemperatures. Finally, it is demonstrated the burned character of the analysed bones, confirming the earliest presence of cremated human bones in a funerary context of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic of the Near East in Kharaysin. This fact provides a new insight into the complexity and variability of burial customs within the Pre-Pottery Neolithic in Levant.The authors acknowledge the Consejería de Educación de Castilla y León and FEDER BU291P18, BU022G18 and Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad projects: “Los orígenes del Neolítico en Próximo Oriente: Cambios Ambientales, Económicos, Sociales e Ideológicos (NEOPROX) (HAR2016-74999-P)”, CTQ2016-75023-C2-1-P and CTQ2015-70371-REDT MetDrugs Network (Spain) for financing different aspects of this workElsevier202420242020info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10259/9767reponame:Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos (RIUBU)instname:Universidad de Burgos (UBU)InglésJournal of Archaeological Sciencie: Reports. 2020, V. 30, p. 102211https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2020.102211Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacionalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:riubu.ubu.es:10259/97672026-05-28T07:56:11Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Geochemical and spectroscopic approach to the characterization of earliest cremated human bones from the Levant (PPNB of Kharaysin, Jordan)
title Geochemical and spectroscopic approach to the characterization of earliest cremated human bones from the Levant (PPNB of Kharaysin, Jordan)
spellingShingle Geochemical and spectroscopic approach to the characterization of earliest cremated human bones from the Levant (PPNB of Kharaysin, Jordan)
Iriarte Avilés, Eneko
Cremation
PPNB
Jordan
X-ray diffraction
FTIR
EPR
Raman spectroscopy
Arqueología
Paleontología
Archaeology
Paleontology
title_short Geochemical and spectroscopic approach to the characterization of earliest cremated human bones from the Levant (PPNB of Kharaysin, Jordan)
title_full Geochemical and spectroscopic approach to the characterization of earliest cremated human bones from the Levant (PPNB of Kharaysin, Jordan)
title_fullStr Geochemical and spectroscopic approach to the characterization of earliest cremated human bones from the Levant (PPNB of Kharaysin, Jordan)
title_full_unstemmed Geochemical and spectroscopic approach to the characterization of earliest cremated human bones from the Levant (PPNB of Kharaysin, Jordan)
title_sort Geochemical and spectroscopic approach to the characterization of earliest cremated human bones from the Levant (PPNB of Kharaysin, Jordan)
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Iriarte Avilés, Eneko
García Tojal, Javier
Santana Cabrera, Jonathan
Jorge Villar, Susana E.
Teira, Luis .
Muñiz Álvarez, Juan Ramón
Ibáñez, Juan José .
author Iriarte Avilés, Eneko
author_facet Iriarte Avilés, Eneko
García Tojal, Javier
Santana Cabrera, Jonathan
Jorge Villar, Susana E.
Teira, Luis .
Muñiz Álvarez, Juan Ramón
Ibáñez, Juan José .
author_role author
author2 García Tojal, Javier
Santana Cabrera, Jonathan
Jorge Villar, Susana E.
Teira, Luis .
Muñiz Álvarez, Juan Ramón
Ibáñez, Juan José .
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Cremation
PPNB
Jordan
X-ray diffraction
FTIR
EPR
Raman spectroscopy
Arqueología
Paleontología
Archaeology
Paleontology
topic Cremation
PPNB
Jordan
X-ray diffraction
FTIR
EPR
Raman spectroscopy
Arqueología
Paleontología
Archaeology
Paleontology
description Cremation is a widespread funerary practice that aims to burn the body and create a new appearance of human remains. It has been interpreted as a ritual transition that includes a sequence of acts and processes aimed at commemorating the dead on an individual and collective scale. In the Near East, fire-induced manipulation or cremation was not a usual burial practice during the Pre-Pottery Neolithic. In this contribution, we present the geochemical (X-ray fluorescence), mineralogical (X-ray Diffraction) and spectroscopic (Raman spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and (Electron Paramagnetic Resonance) analysis of bones from a Late Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (ca. 9000 yr cal BP) burial in Kharaysin site (Quneya, Zarqa) in northwest Jordan. We discuss the data obtained by the different analytical methods reviewing the state of the art of each analytical method to infer bone burning palaeotemperatures. Finally, it is demonstrated the burned character of the analysed bones, confirming the earliest presence of cremated human bones in a funerary context of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic of the Near East in Kharaysin. This fact provides a new insight into the complexity and variability of burial customs within the Pre-Pottery Neolithic in Levant.
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dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv Journal of Archaeological Sciencie: Reports. 2020, V. 30, p. 102211
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