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SUBMITTER: Samper-Carro SC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9401180 | biostudies-literature | 2022
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Samper-Carro Sofia C SC O'Connor Sue S Mahirta Kealy Shimona S Shipton Ceri C
PloS one 20220824 8
Burial elaborations are a human behaviour that, in recent contexts can inform on social diversification, belief systems, and the introduction of new practices resulting from migration or cultural transmission. The study of mortuary practices in Mainland and Island Southeast Asia has revealed complex and diverse treatments of the deceased. This paper contributes to this topic with the description of three new burials excavated in Tron Bon Lei (Alor Island, Indonesia) dated to 7.5, 10, and 12 kya ...[more]