2004 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
The Study on Funerary Practioes and Social Backgrounds in Palmyra
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13301022
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
考古学(含先史学)
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| Research Institution | Archaeological Institute of Kashihara, Nara |
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Principal Investigator |
SAITO Kyohide Archaeological Institute of Kashihara, Nara, The Second Research Division, Head of Division, 課長 (80250372)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
HIGUCHI Takayasu Archaeological Institute of Kashihara, Nara, Director, 所長 (30025035)
TOYOOKA Takushi Archaeological Institute of Kashihara, Nara, The First Research Division, Chief Researcher, 調査1課, 総括研究員 (00250374)
YOSHIMURA Kazuaki Archaeological Institute of Kashihara, Nara, The Second Research Division, Chief Researcher, 調査2課, 主任研究員 (10250375)
YOSHIMURA Kazuhisa Kyushu University, Graduate School of Science, Professor, 大学院・理学研究院, 教授 (80112291)
NAKAHASHI Takahiro Kyushu University, Graduate School of Social and Cultural Studies, Professor, 大学院・比較社会文化研究院, 教授 (20108723)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2001 – 2004
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| Keywords | Palmyra / underground tomb / infant / grave goods / afterlife / Hellenistic |
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| Research Abstract |
Through excavations of underground tombs of Tomb C, F, E and H around the 2^<nd> and 3^<rd> century, some aspects about Palmyra burial practices were clarified. A loculus was not used as a burial facility for only one dead. Usually several bodies were buried in a loculus no matter how many unused loculi there were. The house system might be a strong factor in the selection of a burial location. Male bodies were buried more than female bodies. Infant dead were always buried in grave pits on the floor of the chambers with some artifacts like glass beads and bronze bells. Some dead showed traces of diseases like arthritis and anemia. It is thus possible to understand the circumstances of the lifetime of the deceased.
Moreover, the excavations show that grave goods in Palmyra burial practices were not generally buried with the dead, unless with particular reason and even if a dead was buried with some artifacts, these were accessories or ornaments for cloths. This indicates that Palmyrian did not have any burial practices of placing artifacts as grave goods for the dead support them in the afterlife.
Moreover, we found a tomb called Tomb G of the Hellenistic period and that kind of tomb is the first discovery in Palmyra. So it is an important tomb to understand the funerary history of Palmyra. If Tomb G was deeply related to the Plamyrian society at that time, the burial practice to bury a male with rich accessories was totally different from its situation after the appearance of tower tombs. And also this tomb might be related to the work at the Valley of Tombs by Dr. Andreas Schmidt-Colinet who is seeking to establishment and development of the Hellenistic city in Palmyra.
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Research Products
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[Journal Article] The Palmyrene View of the Afterworld2004
Author(s)
Higuchi, Takayasu
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Journal Title
Collected Articles and Essays in Honour of His Highness Prince Micasa on the Occasion of His Eighty-Eighth Birthday (Tousui Shobo Publishers)(in Japanese)
Pages: 616-628
Description
「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
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