The fiery transformation of the dead is replete in our popular culture and Western
modernity's death ways, and yet it is increasingly evident how little this disposal method is …

The first detailed investigation of the human remains from the Carrowkeel passage tomb
complex since their excavation in 1911 has revealed several new and important insights …

This article examines the evidence for fragmentation practices on Middle–Late Bronze Age
(c. 1600–700 bc) settlement sites in Ireland by looking at two kinds of material: human …

In an important contribution to Neolithic studies in Scotland, Gordon Barclay (2003: 132)
argued that our understanding of Neolithic society is based on interpretations of burial and …

Modern cremation is often portrayed by archaeologists as a distracting antithesis of the open-
air cremation practices encountered in the archaeological record from the prehistoric and …

Examinations of atypical burials can give nuance to the results of larger statistical studies
which, by definition, look more at typical practice, and focus more on structure, at the …

INTRODUCTION evelopment of a greenfield site in Kilmahud drick townland, west of
Clondalkin, Dublin J_S 22, during 2000 led to the discovery of a ploughed-out prehistoric …