Death and the body in Bronze age Europe : from inhumation to cremation

1. Verfasser: Sørensen, Marie Louise Stig , [VerfasserIn]
Rebay-Salisbury, Katharina , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2023.
Umfang/Format: xiii, 229 pages : illustrations, plans ; 26 cm.
ISBN: 9781009247399
9781009247382
Schlagworte:
Dead > Social aspects > Europe > History > To 1500.
Human remains (Archaeology) > Europe.
Human body > Social aspects > Europe > History > To 1500.
Death > Social aspects > Europe > History > To 1500.
Burial > Europe > History > To 1500.
Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient.
Bronze age.
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of illustrations
  • Introduction: changing practices and perception of the body
  • A brief history of urns, urnfields and burials in the Urnfield culture
  • Theoretical framework
  • The Bronze age: setting the scene
  • The changing Bronze Age body -introduction of case studies
  • The treatment of the body: compatibility and divergence
  • The construction of graves: coherence and variations
  • After the burial: prolonged engagement with the body
  • Conclusions: on the nature of change in burial practices
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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