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Anglo-Saxon Studies in Archaeology and History 14 : Early Medieval Mortuary Practices.
Volume 14 of the Anglo-Saxon Studies in Archaeology and History series is dedicated to the archaeology of early medieval death, burial and commemoration. Incorporating studies focusing upon Anglo-Saxon England as well as research encompassing western Britain, Continental Europe and Scandinavia, this...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
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Havertown :
Oxbow Books,
2007.
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| Colección: | Anglo-Saxon studies in archaeology and history.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Title Page; Copyright Page; Foreword; Table of Contents; Preface; Contributors; Introduction: Themes in the Archaeology of Early Medieval Death and Burial; Ethnicity, 'Race' and Migration in Mortuary Archaeology: an Attempt at a Short Answer; 'Race' in Archaeology and Physical Anthropology; The Archaeological Inference of Ethnic Identity; Group Affiliation in Physical Anthropology; The Identification of Immigrants and Natives; Summary; Notes; Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Situational Ethnicity and Nested Identities: New Approaches to an Old Problem; Objects and Essences; Seeds of Change.
- Ethnicity in ActionBrooches; Local Differences; Personal and Social Identities; Situational Ethnicity and Nested Identities; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Charting Conversion: Burial as a Barometer of Belief?; Introduction; Burial and Belief: a Matter of Grave Importance; Anglo-Saxon East Anglia: the Body of Evidence; Cremation: Gone to Pot; Grave Goods: Taking it With You; Burial Orientation: Turning in the Grave; Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Social Memory, Material Culture and Community Identity in Early Medieval Mortuary Practices; Introduction.
- The Concept of Social Memory in the Social SciencesThe Concept of Social Memory in Archaeology and History; Memory and Objects; Memory and Objects in the Past: Grave Goods and Mortuary Ritual; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Early Medieval Burial Studies in Scandinavia 1994-2003; Introduction; Religion; Social Structure: Status, Gender, Age Roles; Ethnicity and Territorial Organisation; Military Organisation; Chronology; Fieldwork; Fallow Fields; Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography.
- Beyond Ethnicity: Symbols of Social Identity from the Fourth to Sixth Centuries in EnglandIntroduction; Skeletal Data and Analysis; Comparison of Burial Assemblages; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Transforming Body and Soul: Toilet Implements in Early Anglo-Saxon Graves; Introduction-Artefacts in Early Medieval Graves; Toilet Implements in Early Anglo-Saxon Inhumation Graves; Toilet Implements in Early Anglo-Saxon Cremation Graves; Location; Theorising Toilet Implements in Early Anglo-Saxon Mortuary Contexts; Notes; References; Acknowledgements.
- Early Anglo-Saxon Horse Burial of the Fifth to Seventh Centuries ADAnglo-Saxon Horse Burial; Horses and Harness Equipment in Inhumations; Horses in Cremations; Horse Inhumation and Cremation Compared; The Horse; European Horse Burial; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Soft Furnished Burial: an Assessment of the Role of Textiles in Early Anglo-Saxon Inhumations, with Particular Reference to East Kent; Introduction; The Identification of Textiles in Early Anglo-Saxon Burials; Problems with Textiles Data; Findings from the East Kent Textiles Database; Conclusions; Notes.