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The urban graveyard : Archaeological perspectives.

It is commonly believed that in medieval and post-medieval towns and cities death outnumbered births and that these urban centres could only survive through the influx of migrants; a concept which has come to be known as the urban graveyard effect. Whether this was indeed the case for all cities and...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Oosten, Roos van
Otros Autores: Schats, Rachel, Fast, Kerry, Arts, Nico, Bouwmeester, Jeroen
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden : SIdestone Press, 2018.
Colección:Urban graveyard proceedings ; 2
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Intro; Preface; Ethical issues in human osteoarchaeology; Andrea L. Waters-Rist, Rachel Schats & Menno L.P. Hoogland; Rural cemeteries, cult places and community identities in the Central Middle Ages in the Kempen region (southern Netherlands); Frans Theuws; Social differences in burial practices in the medieval cemetery of Reusel; Catelijne Nater; Buried in Alkmaar: Historical and archaeological research on urban cemeteries; Peter Bitter; Medieval and post-medieval cemeteries in and around the city of Delft; Epko J. Bult.
  • A thousand graves: differences and similarities between archaeologically investigated burial grounds in â#x80;#x99;s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands (c. 1275-1858)Ronald van Genabeek; In the shadow of St. Plechelmus: A thousand years of burials; G.L. Williams; The Carmelite monastery in Aalst (Belgium, province of East Flanders) (1497-1797); Koen De Groote, Jan Moens & Kim Quintelier; St. Romboutâ#x80;#x99;s cemetery in Mechelen, Belgium (10th â#x80;#x93; 18th century AD); Katrien Van de Vijver, Frank Kinnaer & Silvia Depuydt; Taking stock of burial archaeology; Lene HÃıst-Madsen.
  • A rural view of early modern mortuary practicesFrank J. van Spelde & Menno L.P. Hoogland; Abstracts Urban Graveyard proceedings volume 2; About the contributors; Blank Page; Blank Page.