“25 Years Have Been” is another volume in the “Funeralia” series, the result of many years of academic conferences devoted to the study of humans, their environment, and funerary practices.
This publication in particular is the result of the 25th Congress, which was attended by archaeologists, physical anthropologists, historians and representatives of many other disciplines who share the research field of death and its cultural contexts.The book as a whole is interdisciplinary in nature, combining archaeological evidence with biological, ecological and cultural perspectives. The collected contributions provide a wide-ranging exploration of key research problems: from the transformations of prehistoric burial practices, through the social and symbolic meanings of burial sites, to the application of modern analytical methods such as isotopic studies and digital documentation of human remains.The book pays particular attention to case studies, which highlight the relationships between humans and their environment, as well as the complexity of social and cultural connections. In doing so, this volume represents not only a collection of individual studies, but also a dynamic and multifaceted meditation on the past, in which death becomes a starting point for reconstructing the lives, practices, and worldviews of past societies.
