The Ins and Outs of Death in the Iron Age: Complex Funerary Treatments at B roxmouth Hillfort, East Lothian
Year: 2013
Type: article
Abstract: Summary Evidence for Iron Age funerary treatments remains sporadic acrossBritain and formal cemeteries are especially elusive. One important exception isBroxmouth hillfort, East Lothian, excavated during the late 1970s but not yet published. New analysis of the human remains fromBroxmouth provides evidence for three distinct populations: a formal cemetery outside the hillfort, isolated graves within the ramparts, and a scatter of disarticulated fragments from a range of domestic and midden contexts. The latter group in particular provides significant evidence for violent trauma; isotopic evidence suggests that they may be the remains of outsiders. Together the human remains shed light on complex and changing attitudes to death and the human body in Iron AgeBritain. The material fromBroxmouth is considered in the light of emerging evidence for fluid and pluralistic treatments of the dead in the Iron Age of south‐east Scotland.
Source: Oxford Journal of Archaeology
DOI: 10.1111/ojoa.12003
Language: English
Subfield: Archeology
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W1520473604