Contribution à la connaissance des modes de dislocation et de destruction du squelette pendant la crémation : l’apport du bûcher funéraire en fosse du Néolithique final à Reichstet... by Frédérique Blaizot

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Sépultures privilégiées dans la cité des Pictons : l’espace funéraire de Jaunay-Clan (Vienne) by Maxence Segard, Rémi Corbineau, Cécile de Seréville-Niel, Antoinette Rast-Eicher

“…A rescue excavation undertaken in 2011-2012 in Jaunay-Clan (Vienne) revealed a Late Antique funerary area consisting of a pyre, a mausoleum and a large masonry building. The pyre yielded significant accompanying goods, and is associated with a large deposit of broken vases. …”
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La sati indienne au travers de l’histoire. Du suicide héroïque aux martyres du système socio-politique by Harald Tambs-Lyche

“…Much later, from the 17th century onwards, the number of satis grows dramatically, until death on the pyre becomes an obligation for all the king’s women – queens, concubines and servants – on the ruler’s death. …”
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In Sheep’s Clothing? by Fredrik Fahlander

“…As such, depending on how they were arranged on the pyre, they may have worked to deflect malevolent forces during the transformative part of the cremation. …”
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Tombes à fossé circulaire et chemins de la fin du premier âge du Fer à la Pailletrice, ZAC du Parc de l’Aéroport à Pérols (Hérault) : nouvelles données sur les pratiques funéraires... by Isabelle Daveau, Bernard Dedet

“…The best preserved monument shows a peripheral ditch marking out a very low earth barrow with a secondary cremation deposit next to its centre, an ossuary with the remains of two bronze vases, and a shallow pit containing residues from the pyre. A series of amphorae and drinking vessels remains have been preserved in all these pits, likely proof of rituals performed next to the graves. …”
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Fondation d’une mémoire familiale dans la cité des Namnètes : le mausolée antique des Pellières à Saint-Herblain (Loire-Atlantique) by Frédéric Mercier

“…In particular, the presence of cremated human bones in a pit illustrates the presence of a tomb or a funeral pyre. This was dated from the 1st or the beginning of the 2nd c. …”
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La nécropole de Vannes/Darioritum : données inédites sur les pratiques funéraires armoricaines dans un secteur occupé du ier au ive s. apr. J.-C. by Annaïg Le Martret, Marie Grall, Vanessa Brunet

“…Thus, the practice of cremation on the site is attested as early as the 1st century AD, from the study of ceramics from the funeral pyre, and continues until the 3rd or even 4th century AD.There are 78 identified secondary cremation deposits, which include 74 secondary deposits in ossuary vessels (ceramic or glass), 3 potential secondary deposits in perishable containers and one undetermined deposit. …”
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