Bioarchaeological Practice and the Curation of Human Skeletal Remains in a Greek Context: The Phaleron Cemetery
Bioarchaeological Practice and the Curation of Human Skeletal Remains in a Greek Context: The Phaleron Cemetery
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DOI：
10.1017/aap.2018.42
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发表时间：
2019-02-01
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1.4
通讯作者：
Buikstra, Jane E.
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作者：
Prevedorou, Eleni-Anna;Buikstra, Jane E.
从生物学和社会文化的角度来看，人类骨骼遗骸都是非常有用的发现。它们的恢复、保存、保护、储存和分析是需要在任何给定的生物文化背景下解决的复杂问题。考虑到这个国家的地理位置和人类占领的悠久历史，希腊的田野考古是紧张而持续的，既有救援，也有系统的挖掘。因此，在整个希腊的挖掘中经常遇到人类埋葬，导致骨材料的积累。希腊生物考古研究面临的一些共同挑战包括时间、资金和现场文献不足；保育需求未获满足及储存空间不足；以及挖掘和分析之间的时间间隔长。在这里，我们给出了希腊考古框架内的挖掘，策展和生物考古实践的简要概述。我们专注于新启动的Phaleron生物考古项目，该项目来自更广泛的雅典地区的一个巨大的墓地，以展示我们的方法方法。最后，我们考虑跨学科合作在管理大型生物考古项目和服务于长期遗产保护目标中的作用。
Human skeletal remains constitute remarkably informative finds, both biologically and socioculturally. Their recovery, preservation, conservation, storage, and analysis are complex issues that need to be addressed within any given biocultural context. Given the country's geography and the long history of human occupation, Greek field archaeology is intense and ongoing, with both rescue and systematic excavations. Human burials are thus frequently encountered in excavations throughout Greece, resulting in the accumulation of osteological material. Some of the common challenges of bioarchaeological research in Greece consist of insufficient time, funding, and documentation in the field; unmet conservation needs and lack of storage space; as well as the long time-gap between excavation and analysis. Here, we give a brief overview of excavation, curation, and bioarchaeological practice within a Greek archaeological framework. We focus on the newly launched Phaleron Bioarchaeological Project on a vast necropolis from the wider Athens region in order to present our methodological approach. Finally, we consider the role of interdisciplinary collaboration in managing large-scale bioarchaeological projects and serving long-term heritage preservation goals.