Les restes humains de Klimonas
Résumé
The few human remains found at Klimonas (N = 13) come from various archaeological contexts and from several structures.
The majority of them were found in first and second phases of the Communal building (Structure 10; Minimum Number of individuals
(MNI = 2); others came from Sector B (MNI = 1). These are the oldest known in Cyprus. Only cranial remains are present. We cannot
exclude that the human skull had a special significance at Klimonas but the data are too scarce to demonstrate this. All the human remains
could also have come from disturbed burials and been brought into the buildings with the soil used for their construction or for that of
the interior structures. These few observations raise questions about the burial practices of the first inhabitants of Cyprus and need to be
completed by other discoveries.
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