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Jar burial is a human burial custom where the corpse is placed into a large earthenware container and then interred. Jar burials are a repeated pattern at a site or within an archaeological culture. When an anomalous burial is found in which a corpse or cremated remains have been interred, it is not considered a "jar burial".
The Cardamom Mountains jar burials are a collection of twelve mortuary sites [1] dating back to the late and post-Angkor period (15th-17th century CE) located in the Eastern region of Cambodia's Cardamom Mountains. The first work to analyse and describe the Jar Burial sites, and the main publications reporting findings, was funded by a three ...
There are three types: primary, secondary, and multiple jar burials. [4] These same three categories also exist for log coffin burials. A primary burial is when the cadaver is completely disposed of. [4] A secondary burial involves a corpse being removed from its initial grave location and being placed in another grave or ossuary. [4]
Archaeologists in the country of Georgia discovered a 4,000-year-old burial chamber containing treasure and chariots. The team believes the site dates back to the Early Bronze Age and contained ...
The Manunggul Jar is a secondary burial jar excavated from a Neolithic burial site in the Manunggul cave of the Tabon Caves at Lipuun Point in Palawan, Philippines.It dates from 890–710 B.C. [2] and the two prominent figures at the top handle of its cover represent the journey of the soul to the afterlife.
Photos show what’s left of the over 1,200-year-old site.
Human burials and remains of a stone wall were discovered beneath a cattle market car park.
Plain of Jars – jar with lid. Stone discs have also been found. The discs, which differ from the lids, have at least one flat side and are grave markers which were placed on the surface to cover or mark a burial pit. These grave markers appear more rarely than jars, but are found in close proximity.