Distancing the Dead: Late Chalcolithic Burials in Large Maze Caves in the Negev Desert, Israel

The Late Chalcolithic of the southern Levant (ca. 4500-3800 B.C.E.) is known for its extensive use of the subterranean sphere for mortuary practices. Numerous natural and hewn caves, constituting formal extramural cemeteries, were used as secondary burial localities for multiple individuals, reflect...

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Authors: Davidovich, Uri (Author) ; Marom, Nimrod (Author) ; Abramov, Julia (Author) ; Frumkin, Amos 1953- (Author) ; Langford, Boaz (Author) ; Langgut, Dafna (Author) ; Ullman, Micka (Author) ; Yahalom-Mack, Naama (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: The University of Chicago Press 2018
In: Bulletin of ASOR
Year: 2018, Issue: 379, Pages: 113-152
RelBib Classification:HB Old Testament
HH Archaeology
KBL Near East and North Africa
Further subjects:B cave burials
B animal husbandry
B Ashalim Cave
B Qina Cave
B social deviancy
B Levant
B Chalcolithic
B mortuary practices
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