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Project information
Moving toward a TRANSformaTive bioarchaeology of cremATION in Czech republic and beyond (transMUtation)

Information

This project doesn't include Faculty of Arts. It includes Faculty of Science. Official project website can be found on muni.cz.
Project Identification
MUNI/J/1670/2022
Project Period
1/2024 - 12/2026
Investor / Pogramme / Project type
Masaryk University
  • Grant Agency of Masaryk University
  • MASH JUNIOR - MUNI Award In Science and Humanities JUNIOR
MU Faculty or unit
Faculty of Science

More than a research design, the transMUtation project is a plea for a transformative bioarchaeology of cremation in the Czech Republic and beyond. Resolutely groundbreaking, this project aims at pushing the boundaries of the study of burnt human remains in archaeological contexts using a new range of cutting-edge techniques (isotope, infrared, proteomic and computational analysis). The transMUtation project is built around five complementary pillars, all of which will eventually reveal cross-cultural attitudes toward death in ancient Czech bi-ritual deathscapes, that is where cremations and inhumations occurred side by side in the same cemeteries. The following outcomes are planned: i.e. an expanded toolbox for the study of past and modern burnt human remains, maps predicting isotope variations across the country for mobility studies, an open-source database made in MU for isotope bioarchaeology, and a yearly summer school dedicated to the anthropology of cremation.

Publications

Total number of publications: 2

2026

2025

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