Research group on culture of death - ÁTROPOS

Reference of the Group:

GIUV2025-653

 
Description of research activity:

The multidisciplinary team, made up of specialists from different fields (Ancient History, Art History and Cultural Heritage, Archaeology, Bioanthropology, Chemistry and Roman Law), aims to research aspects related to the world of culture and death in Antiquity, as well as its transmission, reception and influences in later times up to the present day. Through the study of ancient sources, both material and textual, key aspects in various societies and cultures around the phenomenon of death are analysed: ideology, beliefs, myths, symbolism, ritual, politics and legislation, memory, emotions and manifestations. The role and presence of women in all these cultural aspects is also addressed in a special way.

 
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Scientific-technical goals:
  • Aproximacion a los sentimientos y reacciones de hombres y mujeres ante la muerte, tanto violenta como natural
  • Estudio de las manifestaciones culturales y artisticas vinculadas a las mujeres en torno a la muerte
  • Implicaciones cientificas de la muerte: analisis arqueometricos de restos oseos
  • Analisis e interpretacion de los gestos y practicas funerarias y mortuorias
 
Research lines:
  • Feelings about death from a gender perspective.Study of the reactions and manifestations of men and women in the face of natural death and violent death.
  • Scientific implications of death: archaeometric analysis of bone remains.Analysis and study of human remains associated with gender.
  • Memory and cultural heritage of remembrance.Study of cultural heritage associated with the memory of death with gender implications.
 
Group members:
Name Nature of participation Entity Description
MARIA AMPARO MATEO DONETDirectorUniversitat de València
Research team
MIQUEL REQUENA JIMENEZMemberUniversitat de València
JOSE MIGUEL PIQUER MARIMemberUniversitat de València
JOSE LUIS JIMENEZ SALVADORCollaboratorUniversitat de València
ESTER ALBA PAGANCollaboratorUniversitat de València
MARIA LUISA VAZQUEZ DE AGREDOS PASCUALCollaboratorUniversitat de València
ANGEL ALEIXANDRE BLASCOCollaboratorUniversitat de València
JONATAN ORTIZ GARCIACollaboratorUniversidad Complutense de Madridfull-time trainee professor (doctor)
GIANNI GALLELLO CollaboratorUniversitat de València
LORENZO ALAPONT MARTINCollaboratorUniversitat de València
LORENZO ALAPONT MARTINCollaboratorAutònomotechnical officer
 
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Associated structure:
  • Prehistory, Archaeology and Ancient History