Who was buried with Nestor's Cup? Macroscopic and microscopic analyses of the cremated remains from Tomb 168 (second half of the 8th century BCE, Pithekoussai, Ischia Island, Italy).

Cremation 168 from the second half of the 8th century BCE (Pithekoussai's necropolis, Ischia Island, Italy), better known as the Tomb of Nestor's Cup, is widely considered as one of the most intriguing discoveries in the Mediterranean Pre-Classic archaeology. A drinking cup, from which the...

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Autores principales: Melania Gigante, Alessia Nava, Robert R Paine, Ivana Fiore, Francesca Alhaique, Carmen Mariarosaria Esposito, Alessandra Sperduti, Jacopo Bonetto, Teresa Elena Cinquantaquattro, Bruno d'Agostino, Luca Bondioli
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:f5d7bfb3c3074c73998b5be7b30bc17a2021-12-02T20:17:18ZWho was buried with Nestor's Cup? Macroscopic and microscopic analyses of the cremated remains from Tomb 168 (second half of the 8th century BCE, Pithekoussai, Ischia Island, Italy).1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0257368https://doaj.org/article/f5d7bfb3c3074c73998b5be7b30bc17a2021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0257368https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203Cremation 168 from the second half of the 8th century BCE (Pithekoussai's necropolis, Ischia Island, Italy), better known as the Tomb of Nestor's Cup, is widely considered as one of the most intriguing discoveries in the Mediterranean Pre-Classic archaeology. A drinking cup, from which the Tomb's name derives, bears one of the earliest surviving examples of written Greek, representing the oldest Homeric poetry ever recovered. According to previous osteological analyses, the Cup is associated with the cremated remains of a juvenile, aged approximately 10-14 years at death. Since then, a vast body of literature has attempted to explain the unique association between the exceptionality of the grave good complex, the symposiac and erotic evocation of the Nestor's Cup inscription with the young age of the individual buried with it. This paper reconsiders previous assessments of the remains by combining gross morphology with qualitative histology and histomorphometric analyses of the burnt bone fragments. This work reveals the commingled nature of the bone assemblage, identifying for the first time, more than one human individual mixed with faunal remains. These outcomes dramatically change previous reconstructions of the cremation deposit, rewriting the answer to the question: who was buried with Nestor's Cup?.Melania GiganteAlessia NavaRobert R PaineIvana FioreFrancesca AlhaiqueCarmen Mariarosaria EspositoAlessandra SperdutiJacopo BonettoTeresa Elena CinquantaquattroBruno d'AgostinoLuca BondioliPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 10, p e0257368 (2021)
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Melania Gigante
Alessia Nava
Robert R Paine
Ivana Fiore
Francesca Alhaique
Carmen Mariarosaria Esposito
Alessandra Sperduti
Jacopo Bonetto
Teresa Elena Cinquantaquattro
Bruno d'Agostino
Luca Bondioli
Who was buried with Nestor's Cup? Macroscopic and microscopic analyses of the cremated remains from Tomb 168 (second half of the 8th century BCE, Pithekoussai, Ischia Island, Italy).
description Cremation 168 from the second half of the 8th century BCE (Pithekoussai's necropolis, Ischia Island, Italy), better known as the Tomb of Nestor's Cup, is widely considered as one of the most intriguing discoveries in the Mediterranean Pre-Classic archaeology. A drinking cup, from which the Tomb's name derives, bears one of the earliest surviving examples of written Greek, representing the oldest Homeric poetry ever recovered. According to previous osteological analyses, the Cup is associated with the cremated remains of a juvenile, aged approximately 10-14 years at death. Since then, a vast body of literature has attempted to explain the unique association between the exceptionality of the grave good complex, the symposiac and erotic evocation of the Nestor's Cup inscription with the young age of the individual buried with it. This paper reconsiders previous assessments of the remains by combining gross morphology with qualitative histology and histomorphometric analyses of the burnt bone fragments. This work reveals the commingled nature of the bone assemblage, identifying for the first time, more than one human individual mixed with faunal remains. These outcomes dramatically change previous reconstructions of the cremation deposit, rewriting the answer to the question: who was buried with Nestor's Cup?.
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author Melania Gigante
Alessia Nava
Robert R Paine
Ivana Fiore
Francesca Alhaique
Carmen Mariarosaria Esposito
Alessandra Sperduti
Jacopo Bonetto
Teresa Elena Cinquantaquattro
Bruno d'Agostino
Luca Bondioli
author_facet Melania Gigante
Alessia Nava
Robert R Paine
Ivana Fiore
Francesca Alhaique
Carmen Mariarosaria Esposito
Alessandra Sperduti
Jacopo Bonetto
Teresa Elena Cinquantaquattro
Bruno d'Agostino
Luca Bondioli
author_sort Melania Gigante
title Who was buried with Nestor's Cup? Macroscopic and microscopic analyses of the cremated remains from Tomb 168 (second half of the 8th century BCE, Pithekoussai, Ischia Island, Italy).
title_short Who was buried with Nestor's Cup? Macroscopic and microscopic analyses of the cremated remains from Tomb 168 (second half of the 8th century BCE, Pithekoussai, Ischia Island, Italy).
title_full Who was buried with Nestor's Cup? Macroscopic and microscopic analyses of the cremated remains from Tomb 168 (second half of the 8th century BCE, Pithekoussai, Ischia Island, Italy).
title_fullStr Who was buried with Nestor's Cup? Macroscopic and microscopic analyses of the cremated remains from Tomb 168 (second half of the 8th century BCE, Pithekoussai, Ischia Island, Italy).
title_full_unstemmed Who was buried with Nestor's Cup? Macroscopic and microscopic analyses of the cremated remains from Tomb 168 (second half of the 8th century BCE, Pithekoussai, Ischia Island, Italy).
title_sort who was buried with nestor's cup? macroscopic and microscopic analyses of the cremated remains from tomb 168 (second half of the 8th century bce, pithekoussai, ischia island, italy).
publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS)
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url https://doaj.org/article/f5d7bfb3c3074c73998b5be7b30bc17a
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