Schotsmans Eline M J, García-Rubio Almudena, Edwards Howell G M, Munshi Tasnim, Wilson Andrew S, Ríos Luis
Laboratoire PACEA De la Préhistoire à l'Actuel: Culture, Environnement et Anthropologie UMR 5199, Université de Bordeaux, Bat. B8, Allee Geoffroy St Hilaire, CS 50023, 33615, Pessac Cedex, France.
Department of Archaeological Sciences, University of Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD7 1DP, UK.
J Forensic Sci. 2017 Mar;62(2):498-510. doi: 10.1111/1556-4029.13276. Epub 2016 Dec 1.
Over 500 victims of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) were buried in the cemetery of La Carcavilla (Palencia, Spain). White material, observed in several burials, was analyzed with Raman spectroscopy and powder XRD, and confirmed to be lime. Archaeological findings at La Carcavilla's cemetery show that the application of lime was used in an organized way, mostly associated with coffinless interments of victims of Francoist repression. In burials with a lime cast, observations made it possible to draw conclusions regarding the presence of soft tissue at the moment of deposition, the sequence of events, and the presence of clothing and other evidence. This study illustrates the importance of analyzing a burial within the depositional environment and taphonomic context.
500多名西班牙内战（1936 - 1939年）受害者被埋葬在西班牙帕伦西亚的拉卡尔卡维拉公墓。在几处墓葬中发现的白色物质，通过拉曼光谱和粉末X射线衍射进行了分析，并确认为石灰。拉卡尔卡维拉公墓的考古发现表明，石灰的使用是有组织进行的，主要与佛朗哥镇压受害者的无棺安葬有关。在有石灰浇筑的墓葬中，通过观察可以得出关于下葬时软组织的存在情况、事件顺序以及衣物和其他证据的存在情况等结论。这项研究说明了在沉积环境和埋藏学背景下分析墓葬的重要性。
