Roman Funerary Rituals in Mutina (Modena, Italy)

A Multidisciplinary Approach

Federica Maria Riso (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

112 Seiten

2023
Archaeopress Archaeology (Verlag)
978-1-80327-479-9 (ISBN)

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This study presents the results of a research project undertaken in collaboration with the University of Huddersfield. The project sought to identify and reconstruct the funerary space and rituals of the necropolis in Mutina (now Modena) in the period between the first century BC and second century AD.

Roman Funerary Rituals in Mutina (Modena, Italy) presents the results of a research project undertaken in collaboration with the University of Huddersfield. The project sought to identify and reconstruct the funerary space and rituals of the necropolis in Mutina (now Modena) in the period between the first century BC and second century AD.

The research is a key example of integrated analyses, linking the different results in the same interpretative system and supporting traditional strategies (archaeology and archaeobotany) with advanced technology (SAXS, CT-scan).

The archaeobotanical remains (seeds and fruit) and the objects involved in the ceremonies constitute an important investigatory lens to reconstruct the mortuary rituals and attendance at the funerary space.

Federica Maria Riso is a Classical archaeologist with a particular interest in the symbolic forms of the funeral ceremonies of the Roman period. Her research currently combines archaeology and archaeobotany to focus on the funeral banquet and Roman funerary offerings. She graduated in Archaeology in 2012 at the University of Ferrara and obtained her PhD from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia in 2017. In 2019 she obtained a Specialization Diploma in Archaeology at the University of Bologna. From 2021 Dr Riso has been a Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Louvain.

Contents ;

List of Figures and Tables ;

Introduction ;

Project ;

Religious thought ;

Rituals ;

Plants ;

Gardens ;

The Roman funerary ritual ;

Cremation and burial ;

Epigraphic, literary, and iconographic evidence ;

Literary sources ;

Epigraphic sources ;

Iconographic evidence ;

Mutina: The city and the Necropolis ;

North of the Via Emilia ;

South of the Via Emilia ;

The Necropolises ;

Site A – Novisad ;

Site B – Ferrari ;

Site C – Via Cesana ;

Site D – Via Pica ;

Site F – Fer-Mo-Sa ;

Site G – Marzaglia Corpus Domini ;

Site I – Spilamberto ;

Material and methods ;

The Mutina necropolis ;

Necropolis of the ager mutinensis ;

Archaeobotanical analysis ;

Seeds/fruits ;

Charcoals ;

Results ;

Archaeological remains ;

Cooking and table ware ;

Oil lamps ;

Nails ;

Decorated bones ;

Archaeozoological remains ;

Coins ;

Archaeobotanical remains ;

Charcoals ;

CT-scan and Saxs analysis ;

SAXS Results ;

Discussion ;

CT-scan discussion ;

Conclusion ;

Tombs analysed by funerary ritual aspects ;

Site A ;

Site B ;

Site G ;

Conclusion ;

Bibliography

Erscheinungsdatum	18.04.2023
Reihe/Serie	Archaeopress Roman Archaeology
Zusatzinfo	14 figures, 13 tables (colour throughout)
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	174 x 245 mm
Gewicht	296 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
ISBN-10	1-80327-479-4 / 1803274794
ISBN-13	978-1-80327-479-9 / 9781803274799
Zustand	Neuware