RT Journal Article
T1 Analyzing and Interpreting Lime Burials from the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939): A Case Study from La Carcavilla Cemetery
A1 Schotsmans, Eline
A1 García‐Rubio, Almudena
A1 Edwards, Howell
A1 Munshi, Tasnim
A1 Wilson, Andrew
A1 Ríos Frutos, Luis Francisco
AB Over 500 victims of the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) were buried in the cemetery of La Carcavilla (Palencia, Spain). White material, observed in several burials, was analyzed with Raman spectroscopy and powder XRD, and confirmed to be lime. Archaeological findings at La Carcavilla's cemetery show that the application of lime was used in an organized way, mostly associated with coffinless interments of victims of Francoist repression. In burials with a lime cast, observations made it possible to draw conclusions regarding the presence of soft tissue at the moment of deposition, the sequence of events, and the presence of clothing and other evidence. This study illustrates the importance of analyzing a burial within the depositional environment and taphonomic context.
PB Wiley
SN 0022-1198
YR 2017
FD 2017
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/100940
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/100940
LA eng
NO Schotsmans, Eline M. J., et al. «Analyzing and Interpreting Lime Burials from the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939): A Case Study from La Carcavilla Cemetery». Journal of Forensic Sciences, vol. 62, n.o 2, marzo de 2017, pp. 498-510. https://doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.13276.
NO Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad  (España)
NO Universidad de Burdeos
DS Docta Complutense
RD 11 may 2025