This paper proposes a new chronology for the burial complex at Jebel Moya, south-central Sudan. It reassesses the body of evidence from Sir Henry Wellcome's original 1911-1914 excavations in order to place the site within a firm chronological framework by: (a) applying an attribute-based approach to discern discrete pottery assemblages; and (b) applying initial OSL dates to facilitate the relia...

David”, Bib 85 (2004) 245-254. () The subclause “(buried) with his ancestors” is not included in the burial notices for David (1 Kgs 2,10), Solomon (11,43), or Abijam (15,8). () B.O. LONG, 1 Kings with an Introduction to Historical Literature (FOTL 9; Grand Rapids, MI 1984) 22-28; see also K.-J. ILLMAN, Old Testament Formulas about Death (Åbo 1979) 37-48. () So R. WEILL, La cité de David. Compt...

Clumped isotopes geothermometry was applied to two dolomitic hydrocarbon reservoirs. Results indicate that late burial dolomitization occurred at ~110°C in the Albian Pinda dolostone (offshore Angola) and ~90°C in the Mano-Meillon dolostone (Aquitaine Basin, France), and did not continue on during subsequent burial/thermal evolution to present-day conditions (150160°C). This study illustrates t...

Forensic Taphonomy aims to provide information relevant to the courts in cases where cadavers have been allowed to decompose. Here I consider the cadaver’s effects on the burial environment when decomposition occurs on the soil surface or belowground. Significant advances have been made in recent years that have allowed a better understanding of cadaver decomposition, its effect on the burial e...

We present an arhaeoparasitological analysis of a unique burial from the Neftprovod II burial ground in East Siberia, which dated from the Bronze Age. Analysis of a sediment sample from the sacral region of the pelvis revealed the presence of Taenia sp. eggs. Because uncooked animal tissue is the primary source of Taenia, this indicated that the individual was likely consuming raw or undercooke...

Inferences of purposeful Middle Palaeolithic (MP) burial are almost universally accepted, despite published arguments that the pre-1960s discoveries are equally well explained by natural processes. In the modern human origins debate (perhaps the most hotly disputed question in palaeoanthropology) inferences of MP burial are crucial in arguments for an early Upper Pleistocene emergence of modern...