Death embodied : archaeological approaches to the treatment of the corpse /

Death embodied : archaeological approaches to the treatment of the corpse / edited by Zoë L. Devlin and Emma-Jayne Graham. - 174 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. - Studies in funerary archaeology ; volume 9 . - Studies in funerary archaeology; v. 9. .

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction: Embodying death in archaeology / Emma-Jayne Graham -- Neither fish nor fowl : burial practices between inhumation and cremation / Katharina Rebay-Salisbury -- Corporeal concerns : the role of the body in the transformation of Roman mortuary practices / Emma-Jayne Graham -- "(Un)touched by decay" : Anglo-Saxon encounters with dead bodies / Zoë L. Devlin -- Funerary and post-depositional body treatments at the Middle Anglo-Saxon Cemetery winnall II : norm, variety, and forms of deviance / Edeltraud Aspöck -- The burnt, the whole and the broken : funerary variability in the Linearbandkeramik / Daniela Hofmann -- Practices of ritual marginalization in late prehistoric Veneto : evidence from the field / Elisa Perego, Massimo Saracino, Lorenzo Zamboni, Vera Zanoni -- Prehistoric Maltese death : democratic theatre or elite democracy? / Simon Stoddart and Caroline Malone.

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To 1500


Restes humains (archéologie)
Human remains (Archaeology)
Dead--Social aspects--History--To 1500.
Death--Social aspects--History--To 1500.
Burial--History--To 1500.
Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Social archaeology.
Burial
Dead--Social aspects
Death--Social aspects
Excavations (Archaeology)
Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient.
Human remains (Archaeology)
Social archaeology
Archéologie funéraire
Rites et cérémonies funéraires--Avant 1500.


History

CC79.5.H85 / D435 2015

930.1