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3. Woman and child: The singular testimony of a Punic tomb in the necropolis of Monte Sirai(Carbonia-Sardinia, Italy)

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Piga, Giampaolo, Pla Orquín, Rosana, Guirguis, Michele, Gonçalves, David, Pimenta, Carlos, Tereso, Joao Pedro, and Brunetti, Antonio

Abstract

•A peculiar funeral rite was found in the necropolis of Monte Sirai (Italy).•The tomb T310 presents a female individual together with a perinatal individual.•Perinatal remains were deposited in a cooking pot accompanied by avifaunal remains.•XRD/FT-IR analysis showed that the infant remains underwent intense heat treatment.•This burial has close analogies with practices in tophetsanctuaries.

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2020
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