Di Giannantonio Stefania, Iorio Andrea, Serafino Sara
Med Secoli. 2015;27(3):1067-88.
In the area of Rome object of study, the cremations account for 10% of total burials (522 cremation burials of 4758), unlike the contemporary cemeteries of French and Cispadane areas where they are well over 30%. Detailed analysis of the cemeteries, confirms that the indirect cremations (urns and graves) represent over 85% of the sample, while direct cremations (busta sepulcra) are under-represented. For a selected sample of 69 cremations, demographic analysis was performed and it shows a discrete prevalence of women and an almost equal distribution of males and subadults. Quantitative analysis of burned bones was conducted on cremations found perfectly intact during excavation, it indicates that cremations are generally completed and that they have all the anatomical regions represented.
在罗马的研究区域内，火葬占总墓葬的10%（4758座墓葬中有522座火葬墓葬），这与法国和西斯帕达纳地区的当代墓地不同，在那里火葬比例远超过30%。对这些墓地的详细分析证实，间接火葬（骨灰瓮和墓穴）占样本的85%以上，而直接火葬（骨灰盒）的比例较低。对69座火葬墓葬的选定样本进行了人口统计学分析，结果显示女性占比相对较高，男性和未成年人的分布几乎相等。对挖掘过程中发现保存完好的火葬墓葬的烧焦骨头进行了定量分析，结果表明火葬通常是完整的，且所有解剖区域都有体现。
