The Roman and Byzantine Graves and Human Remains

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©2012 The American School of Classical Studies at Athens Personal use only. Do not distribute. 2 themes, ProCedures, and materials themes and aPProaChes these graves and human remains furnish valuable evidence concerning society, religion, economy, and biology in the Corinthian countryside from roman to byzantine times, particularly for the late roman and early byzantine periods. When considered together with associated traces of habitation, the mortuary and skeletal remains bear vivid testimony not only to how these people died but also to how they lived. the graves, their contents, and their locations were used by the local community in an intentional and meaningful manner. When men, women, and children participated in the ritual process of mourning, interment, and commemoration, they identified themselves according to social relationships and expressed their beliefs concerning life and death. a close examination of the material remains of these funerary rituals can therefore reveal the social, economic, and religious character of the community and its composition by gender, age, descent, and status. Furthermore, study of the human bones and teeth can reveal the demographic structure, diet, occupational hazards, and health of local residents. the larger significance of the graves, the human remains, and the settlement emerges when they are considered within the frame of regional trends. 6 the full variability of mortuary 6. For approaches to mortuary and biological variability on a regional scale, see, e.g., o’shea 1984, beck 1995a, and silverman and small 2002. Figure 1.1. the isthmus of Corinth
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