Karla de Roest
University of Groningen, Groningen Institute of Archaeology, Graduate Student
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
The Battle of Marathon was not immortalised because of its historical relevance, but because of how its ‘afterlife’ was treated in landscape, literature, iconography, sports, and politics. Both in Antiquity, as well as by scholars today,... more
The Battle of Marathon was not immortalised because of its historical relevance, but because of how its ‘afterlife’ was treated in landscape, literature, iconography, sports, and politics. Both in Antiquity, as well as by scholars today, it has been claimed that the battle was a decisive moment in the history of the free, democratic, western world. The fact that ceremonies are still being held at the tumulus of the fallen 192 Athenian hoplites, keeping the (collective) memory of the significance of the Battle alive, makes it clear that even after 25 centuries Marathon still actively functions as a lieu de mémoire.
Research Interests:
Archaeology has focused on the mortuary context since its inception. The earliest antiquarians took advantage of prominent burial monuments and other grave contexts in their search for curios and information about past societies. While... more
Archaeology has focused on the mortuary context since its inception. The earliest antiquarians took advantage of prominent burial monuments and other grave contexts in their search for curios and information about past societies. While burials tell us much about the ways in which people buried their dead, they have also been a valuable resource for reconstructing the ways in which people lived. Today, the technical advances made in the study of human remains themselves allow for more detailed study of past peoples than ever before. With that change has come an added responsibility concerning the proper handling of human remains.
During this two-day event, co-organised between the Universities of Groningen and Leiden, we aim to start a discussion between researchers interested in studying cultural and emotional aspects of burial practices, and those using human remains as a data source for lifestyle and population studies. We want to encourage the overlap of these two areas of study, to which the issue of ethical practices is crucial. The event is primarily, but not exclusively, targeting early-career researchers and members of ARCHON (the Dutch Research School of Archaeology).
On Thursday April 19, a one day symposium open to the general academic community will be held. The day's talks are divided into three sessions (see below) and we cordially invite you to submit a proposal for a 15-20 minute paper intended for one or more of these sessions.
During this two-day event, co-organised between the Universities of Groningen and Leiden, we aim to start a discussion between researchers interested in studying cultural and emotional aspects of burial practices, and those using human remains as a data source for lifestyle and population studies. We want to encourage the overlap of these two areas of study, to which the issue of ethical practices is crucial. The event is primarily, but not exclusively, targeting early-career researchers and members of ARCHON (the Dutch Research School of Archaeology).
On Thursday April 19, a one day symposium open to the general academic community will be held. The day's talks are divided into three sessions (see below) and we cordially invite you to submit a proposal for a 15-20 minute paper intended for one or more of these sessions.
Research Interests: Classical Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology, Ethics, Historical Archaeology, and 61 moreStable Isotope Analysis, Bioarchaeology, Death, Death Studies, Death & Dying (Thanatology), Archaeological Method & Theory, Early Medieval Archaeology, Medieval Archaeology, Stable Isotopes, Mourning, Funerary Archaeology, Neolithic Archaeology, Funeral Practices, Osteoarcheology, Osteoarchaeology, Taphonomy, Death and Burial (Archaeology), Greek Archaeology, Archaeological Ethics, Infant burial (Archaeology), Deviant burial (Archaeology), Anglo Saxon Burial Studies (Archaeology), Anthropology of Death, Funerary Belief (Egyptology), Burial Practices (Archaeology), Ancient DNA Research, Funerary Zooarchaeology, Roman burial practices, Burial mounds (Archaeology), Mortuary archaeology, Forensic Taphonomy, Funerary Architecture, Mortuary studies, Ethics in archaeology, Death and Dying, Mourning and Remembrance, Archaeology of burials, Human Osteology, Funerary Practices, Cremation, aDNA Analysis, Ancient DNA, Mortuary Practices, Archaeology of death and burial, Bioarqueología, Bioarcheology, Burial Customs, Population Studies, Death, Grief, and Mourning, Bioarchaeology, human & faunal osteology, Human Osteoarchaeology, Funeral Rites, Archeologia Funeraria, Isotopes, Radiocarbon, Archaeology, Human Osteology, Bioarchaeology, Bioarchaeology, Osteology, Paleopathology, Bioarqueologia, Roman Archaeology, Stable Isotopes In Archaeology, Ethics and the Relevance of Archaeology, Rituais Funerário, and Psychology of Clandestine Burials
Conference booklet of the Archaeology & Theory Symposium of the Stichting Archaeological Dialogues, Groningen April 7, 2017
Programme and abstracts of the MORTUARY ARCHAEOLOGY TODAY symposium & workshop, 19 -20 april 2018, Groningen (Universities of Groningen and Leiden / ARCHON)