A Ghost’s Burial? How the Extraordinary Use of Terracottas in a Late Archaic Tomb Might Have Served to Prevent Encounters with Unhappy Spirits
This article is devoted to a clay tub burial from Athens, laid out in the early fifth century B.C.E., where vessels have been found in unusual types, number, and quality. Even more, central parts of the skeleton were missing. Since the objects were arranged in a very special way, the impression aris...
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| Main Author: | Ernst-Andreas Neumann |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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ACoSt - Association for Coroplastic Studies
2024-06-01
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| Series: | Les Carnets de l’ACoSt |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/acost/3963 |
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