L’ombra dei gesti. Dal dato materiale alla ricostruzione del rito

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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_16806
dc.contributor.author	Rossi Cecilia
dc.title	L’ombra dei gesti. Dal dato materiale alla ricostruzione del rito
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	it
dc.description.abstract	The paper reflects on methods of approaching the reconstruction of Roman funerary rituals. The analysis takes the cue from the enigmatic small ceramic pots frequently found in high imperial graves from Opitergium. To investigate their function, several aspects are weighted together: the gender and age of the deceased, the size of the containers, the frequency of double deposition, their location inside the tombs and the association with other grave goods. Then the essay moves on how material data returns a lot of useful information for a more precise definition of ritual gestures. Visible and invisible must be combined: the paper focuses at the end on the use of biochemical analysis to uncover the original organic contents and to reconstruct the food offerings and purification rites carried out at the burial.
dc.relation.ispartof	Antiquity Studies
dc.relation.ispartof	Archeologia
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2023-05-30
dc.dateSubmitted	2023-03-09
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-715-9/lombra-dei-gesti-dal-dato-materiale-alla-ricostruz/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-714-2/008
dc.identifier.issn	2610-8828
dc.identifier.eissn	2610-9344
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-715-9
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-714-2
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
item.fulltext	with fulltext
item.grantfulltext	open
dc.peer-review	no
dc.subject	Archaeology of gesture
dc.subject	Food and liquid offerings
dc.subject	Miniaturized vessels
dc.subject	Organic residue analysis
dc.subject	Roman funerary rites

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L’ombra dei gesti. Dal dato materiale alla ricostruzione del rito

Cecilia Rossi Soprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio per il Comune di Venezia e Laguna

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The paper reflects on methods of approaching the reconstruction of Roman funerary rituals. The analysis takes the cue from the enigmatic small ceramic pots frequently found in high imperial graves from Opitergium. To investigate their function, several aspects are weighted together: the gender and age of the deceased, the size of the containers, the frequency of double deposition, their location inside the tombs and the association with other grave goods. Then the essay moves on how material data returns a lot of useful information for a more precise definition of ritual gestures. Visible and invisible must be combined: the paper focuses at the end on the use of biochemical analysis to uncover the original organic contents and to reconstruct the food offerings and purification rites carried out at the burial.

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May 30, 2023

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March 9, 2023

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Keywords: Roman funerary rites • Miniaturized vessels • Archaeology of gesture • Food and liquid offerings • Organic residue analysis

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