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T1 Funerary practices from columnata necropolis. Presentation of the last three burials excavated
A1 Chaïd-Saoudi, Yasmina
A1 Larbi, Ichraq
A1 Sehila, Sylia
K1 Western Algeria
K1 Iberomaurusian
K1 Columnatian
K1 Neolithic
K1 burials
K1 funerary practices
K1 Funerary goods
K1 Necropolis
AB We describe in this paper 3 burial practices from the last hunter-gatherers lower Holocene populations of Columnata locality (Tiaret-Algeria). Despite their poor bone condition and some obvious grave disturbances, these individual burials are seen as primary depositions. They were placed in clogged tombs in a dorsal position, with no particular orientation of the body and without any deliberate bone’s modification as noticed with iberomaurusian burials. Bovine horns can be considered as voluntary funerary goods as reported for iberomaurusian or capsian burial unlike the semewhat non-deliberate lithic and faunal remains discovered into the graves. In this respect, grave H1 deposit is a singular case. Another special feature of this site is the stone arrangement in the inner space of H1 and H2. Such an early stonework could be reported according to the graves dates to the 10th and 8th millenia BC. Two of the tombs were built with stones to mark their position which is quite advanced for that time.
PB Universidad de La Laguna. Servicio de Publicaciones
SN 0213-2818
YR 2022
FD 2022
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DS Repositorio institucional de la Universidad de La Laguna
RD 18-nov-2024