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    The 'semblance of immortality'? Resinous materials and mortuary rites in Roman Britain

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    Publication date
    2014-05-20
    Author
    Brettell, Rhea C.
    Stern, Ben
    Reifarth, N.
    Heron, Carl P.
    Keyword
    Roman Britain; Resins; Pistacia spp.; Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry; Mortuary practices; REF 2014
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    There is increasing evidence for complexity in mortuary practices in Britain during the Roman period. One class of burials demonstrates an association between inhumation in stone sarcophagi or lead-lined coffins, 'plaster' coatings, textile shrouds and natural resins. It has been suggested that this 'package' represents a deliberate attempt at body preservation. Fragments with a resinous appearance found in one such burial from Arrington, Cambridgeshire, UK were analysed using gas-chromatography-mass spectrometry. The triterpenic compounds identified are biomarkers for the genus Pistacia and provide the first chemical evidence for an exotic resin in a mortuary context in Roman Britain.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10454/5861
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    Brettell RC, Stern B, Reifarth N and Heron CP (2014). The 'Semblance of Immortality'? Resinous Materials and Mortuary Rites in Roman Britain. Archaeometry. 56(3): 444-459.
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    http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/arcm.12027
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