Radical ‘royals’? Burial practices at Başur Höyük and the emergence of early states in Mesopotamia
Radical ‘royals’? Burial practices at Başur Höyük and the emergence of early states in Mesopotamia
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Başur Höyük 的激进“皇室”埋葬习俗和美索不达米亚早期国家的出现
作者：
B. Hassett;Haluk Sağlamtimur
摘要 长期以来，活人祭祀一直与等级森严的中央集权社会的兴起联系在一起。最近在土耳其巴苏尔霍裕克（Başur Höyük）发现的公元前三千年大型墓穴表明，美索不达米亚国家的形成伴随着当地仪式经济中人类生命价值的根本变化。骨学分析和随葬品研究表明，一些死者是活人祭品。这确实是一个家臣墓葬，反映了不稳定和危机时期社会分层的出现。
Abstract Human sacrifice has long been associated with the rise of hierarchical centralised societies. Recent excavation of a large cist tomb at third-millennium BC Başur Höyük, in Turkey, shows that state formation in Mesopotamia was accompanied by a fundamental change in the value of human life within local ritual economy. Osteological analysis and study of the grave goods have identified some of the dead as human sacrifices. This was indeed a retainer burial, reflecting the emergence of stratified society at a time of instability and crisis.