Rencontre autour de la Crémation (Cremation)

The proceedings of the 13th Meeting of the GAAF on cremation is now available.

For the past twenty years, methods and reflections intrinsic to the excavation and study of structures linked to the practice of cremation have continued to evolve, with a growing and more diverse community of researchers. The GAAF 2022 Meetings were part of the questions already developed in part during the Meetings around the Fire (GAAFIF, 1998) and the Meetings on New Approaches to Funeral Archaeology (GAAF, 2014, session 2). The 13th edition of the GAAF, held in Toulouse from 30 May to 01 June 2022 aimed to take stock of the discipline, show the progress made and bring about a collective reflection on its necessary evolution.

This conference also gave the opportunity to open a discussion on the relationship ancient or current societies have with cremation, in the widest possible chronological and geographical framework. But also to address the relationship between cremation and inhumation, what these practices share or how they differ, in situations of continuity or rupture, depending on the society or the era.

The 33 contributions are organised around four main themes: Cremation from in the past and today; Archaeosciences; Methodological feedback and survey strategies; Current research.

The order form and all information about the book, including the table of contents (in French), can be found via the links.

Published in : 2025

Directed by :

• V. Brunet
• A.-G. De Kepper
• E. Nivez
• S. Oudry
• Y. Prouin

Scientific committee : Sylvie BachHélène Barrand-EmamValérie BelGuy de MulderBernard DedetGermaine DepierreHenri DudayMatthieu GaultierMarine LaforgeIsabelle Le GoffStéphane RottierAurore SchmittWilliam Van Andringa

Scientific and financial partners : SRA OccitanieMusée St-Raymond de ToulouseVille de ToulouseDépartement de Haute-GaronneUMR CrahamUMR ArteHisUMR ADESEvehaInrap

Number of pages : 347

ISBN / ISSN : 978-2-954152-68-4