Comparative osteology - practical training
Cremation and burnt remains
Lowrance and Latimer, 1957
An example of weighted indices commonly employed to assess the representativeness of a skeleton within a cremation-related deposit. Pay particular attention to the overall ratios corresponding to the skull (20.4%), the trunk (16.95%), the upper limbs (17.63%), and the lower limbs (44.96%) as indicated in Table 1.
Squires 2014
A nice paper to think about the place and treatment of the infants and children in bi-ritual cemeteries. Do they have preferential access to cremation or inhumation rites?
Database
Database developed by Dr. Jaskulska Elżbieta (Faculty of Archaeology, University of Warsaw) for dealing with cremated human remains deriving from archaeological remains.