Funerary cremations in Roman times were important rites of passage that involved the use
of fire to accompany the dead into the afterlife. In the present study, we investigated the …

This paper analyses and discusses the fuel and plant offerings found in 174 primary (pyre
remains) and secondary contexts (ritual pits) of the necropolis of Via XVII in Bracara Augusta …

An abundance of plant remains (pollen, seeds/fruits and wood) and wood artefacts was
found during the excavation of an Etruscan-Roman well located at Cetamura del Chianti in …

In tandem with the large-scale translocation of food plants in the Roman world, ornamental
evergreen plants and plant items were also introduced to new areas for ritual and …

The recovery of new plant remains from eastern Croatia are discussed here in order to
determine their ritual significance and how this evidence may fit into chronological and …

Non-woody plant remains are known from burial contexts in North–western Europe, but get
overlooked when preservation is suboptimal. While phytolith analysis has demonstrated its …

This paper examines three early medieval ritual house deposits from Bribirska glavica,
Dalmatia, Croatia. Discovered over the last century these items bring to the fore questions …

Every society creates models of cultural reference for managing life events. Death is a
painful and tragic episode to be faced, and the culture is called upon to manage it. There is a …

The first large-scale archaeobotanical study in Britain, conducted from 1899 to 1909 by
Clement Reid and Arthur Lyell at Silchester, provided the first evidence for the introduction of …

Despite a range of literary and archaeological evidence for the importance of forests in
Roman Africa, these marginal lands and their marginalised populations have been almost …