Poster Title (Current Submission)
GIS, Taphonomy, and the Mortuary Artificial Cave of Bolores, Torres Vedras, Portugal
Major(s)
Anthropology, Museum Studies
Mentor Name
Joe Alan Artz
Mentor Department
Anthropology
Other Mentor Department
University of Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist
Abstract
The Neolithic-Early Bronze Age mortuary artificial cave of Bolores continues to raise many questions for the interdisciplinary team of project archaeologists, osteologists, and geologists. With GIS, artifacts, bones, stratigraphic levels, and rock fall have been recorded to determine how many people were buried at the site, how they were spatially distributed, and what kinds of burial practices were carried out. This poster employs GIS to address the taphonomic processes responsible for the high level of fragmentation of the bones.
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GIS, Taphonomy, and the Mortuary Artificial Cave of Bolores, Torres Vedras, Portugal
The Neolithic-Early Bronze Age mortuary artificial cave of Bolores continues to raise many questions for the interdisciplinary team of project archaeologists, osteologists, and geologists. With GIS, artifacts, bones, stratigraphic levels, and rock fall have been recorded to determine how many people were buried at the site, how they were spatially distributed, and what kinds of burial practices were carried out. This poster employs GIS to address the taphonomic processes responsible for the high level of fragmentation of the bones.