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Ref ID: 23688
Ref Type: Book Section
Authors: Coupey, Anne-Sophie
Title: Infant and child burials in the Samon Valley, Myanmar
Date: 2008
Source: From <i>Homo erectus</i> to the living traditions
Place of Publication: Chiang Mai
Publisher: European Association of Southeast Asian Archaeologists
Notes: Choice of Papers from the 11th International Conference of the European Association of Southeast Asian Archaeologists, Bougon, 25th-29th September 2006.
Abstract: Here, we present results concerning the funeral practices for children in Myanmar, during the Iron Age. This work was possible thanks to fieldwork conducted every year since 2001, by the Archaeological Department of Mandalay and the French Archaeological Mission (directed by J.-P. Pautreau, CNRS). We will compare the ways of burial for children of Myanmar with those of neighbouring countries, where archaeological research is often more active or more advanced (especially in Thailand). In some Myanmar cemeteries, the deceased of every age are buried in virtually the same way (Hnaw Kan, Htan Ta Pin), in others, there are burial practices specific to children (Ywa Htin, Myo Hla).
Date Created: 10/6/2008
Editors: Pautreau, Jean-Pierre
Coupey, Anne-Sophie
Zeitoun, Valéry
Rambault, Emma
Page Start: 119
Page End: 125