Enterros desviantes no registro arqueológico : identificação de deposições humanas atípicas e sua possível correlação com evidências sinalizadoras de violência

Abstract

Among the archaeological evidence, the funerary practice stands out as intentionally planned. Therefore the key to understanding archeological mortuary behavior is to reconstruct the ritual context in which burial data are created. The deviant burials are considered to be a case where the individual has been buried in a different way relative to the norm for that specific time period, and comparing these findings with the majority of the population under examination. This research present the analysis of three human graves from two archaeological sites located in the Lower San Francisco River, in the states of Alagoas and Sergipe. The objective of this study was to identify deviant burial rituals and investigate whether there is correlation between these anomalous human burials and the existence of traumas associated with violence in the material analyzed. The results have shown unique characteristics in the deposition. Furthermore, the deposition forms were associated with case of violent practices inside the burial ritual context.