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- Many placed their dead babies in storage jars. These were then buried under the walls and floors of a house or, occasionally, placed in a communal tomb. Archaeologists refer to this type of interment as an infant jar burial (IJB).
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Jul 29, 2019 · Archaeologists have found infant jar burials throughout the ancient Near East, but especially in ancient Canaan. Although the practice of burying infants in storage jars spanned millennia, the custom reached its zenith in the Middle Bronze Age (2000–1550 B.C.E.).
- Baby Burials in the Middle Bronze Age - The BAS Library
The custom of infant jar burials (IJBs) began in the Pottery...
- Children in the Ancient Near East - The BAS Library
For example, studies in Borneo and Malaysia show that...
- Baby Burials in the Middle Bronze Age - The BAS Library
Mar 6, 2024 · During the reign of Ramesses the Great, about the time the infant was buried at Tell el-Retaba, a popular style of coffin emerged in Egypt, which is distinguished by being made entirely out...
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Limestone burial urn from Cotabato, Philippines, dated approximately 600 CE. Jar burial is a human burial custom where the corpse is placed into a large earthenware container and then interred. Jar burials are a repeated pattern at a site or within an archaeological culture.
The custom of infant jar burials (IJBs) began in the Pottery Neolithic period (seventh–fifth millennia B.C.E.) and, in the Levant, lasted even beyond the Iron Age (1200–587 B.C.E.).
Feb 9, 2010 · The infant jar burial excavated by the ABR team during the 2009 season at Kh. el-Maqatir, although similar to other known examples, is unique in that Kh. el-Maqatir is a fortress and not an urban center.
For example, studies in Borneo and Malaysia show that burying the jar under the house floor keeps the infant’s spirit close by so that it may be reborn again. Other cultures bury infants in places highly trafficked by women so that the infants may secretly enter a woman’s womb as she walks over the burial.
At Jericho bodies of children in jars were found beneath the clay floors of the Canaanite houses. Professor Petrie's report from el-Hesy is of special importance.
