Neolithic cave burials : Agency, structure and environment /

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This is the first book-length treatment of Neolithic burial in Britain to focus primarily on cave evidence. It interprets human remains from forty-eight caves and compares them to what we know of Neolithic collective burial elsewhere in Britain and Europe. It reviews the archaeology of these cave bu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Peterson, Rick (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2019.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Neolithic period.
Human remains (Archaeology)
Caves.
Antiquities.
RELIGION > Antiquities & Archaeology.
HISTORY > Ancient > General.
Caves > Great Britain.
Human remains (Archaeology) > Great Britain.
Neolithic period > Great Britain.
Great Britain.
Great Britain > Antiquities.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The body in the cave
  • In praise of limestone
  • Gestures and positions
  • How do caves act?
  • Origins
  • Written on the body
  • Deep time
  • Temporality, structure and environment
  • Appendix 1
  • Appendix 2
  • References
  • Index.

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