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.