Description
The site of San Valentino at San Vito al Tagliamento is one of the main urnfield cemetery in northeastern Italy. Archaeological excavations carried out in the seventies brought to light a cremation cemetery of mainly urn graves with pottery and metal artefacts as grave goods. These materials suggested that the individuals buried in San Valentino were not an isolated local community but had intense contacts with other north-Adriatic communities, in particular with the neighbouring Veneto area. This presentation aims to provide the first osteoarchaeological study of the individuals buried at San Valentino and uses an innovative multi-proxy approach to reconstruct the site chronology through radiocarbon dating on bone apatite, to investigate the human mobility using strontium isotopes on calcined human remains, and to attempt a reconstruction of the funerary practices by coupling FTIR-ATR data with carbon and oxygen isotopes on cremated bones. The results date the cemetery to the end of the Late Bronze Age and the Early Iron Age, with a sporadic occupation in the fourth century BC. Strontium isotopes and concentrations show the individuals buried at San Valentino were a local community that exploited local resources. Interestingly, variations in cremation conditions were detected between San Valentino and the contemporary sites of Velzeke, Blicquy, Grand Bois, and Herstal, located in Belgium, by using FTIR-ATR and carbon and oxygen isotope data.| Periode | 7 mei 2024 → 10 mei 2024 |
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| Evenementstitel | Cremation in Archaeology (CIA 2024) |
| Evenementstype | Conference |
| Conferentienummer | 2 |
| Locatie | Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| Mate van erkenning | International |