Death as a process : the archaeology of the Roman funeral

Death as a process : the archaeology of the Roman funeral / edited by John Pearce and Jake Weekes.

The study of funerary practice has become one of the most exciting and rapidly developing areas of Roman archaeology in recent decades. This volume draws on large-scale fieldwork from across Europe, methodological advances and conceptual innovations to explore new insights from analysis of the Roman...

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Other Authors: Pearce, John (Editor), Weekes, Jake (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Havertown : Oxbow Books, 2017.
Series:Studies in funerary archaeology ; v. 12.
Subjects:
To 1500
Funeral rites and ceremonies > Rome.
Human remains (Archaeology)
Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Burial > History > To 1500.
Social archaeology.
Burial > Rome.
excavation (process)
HISTORY / Ancient / Rome.
Burial
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient
Social archaeology
Rome (Empire)
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; List of contributors; 1. Introduction: Death as a process in Roman funerary archaeology: John Pearce; 2. Space, object, and process in the Koutsongila Cemetery at Roman Kenchreai, Greece: Joseph L. Rife and Melissa Moore Morison; 3. Archaeology and funerary cult: The stratigraphy of soils in the cemeteries of Emilia Romagna (northern Italy): Jacopo Ortalli; 4. Funerary archaeology at St Dunstan's Terrace, Canterbury: Jake Weekes; 5. Buried Batavians: Mortuary rituals of a rural frontier community: Joris Aarts and Stijn Heeren.
  • 6. They fought and died
  • but were covered with earth only years later: 'Mass graves' on the ancient battlefield of Kalkriese: Achim Rost and Susanne Wilbers-Rost7. Some recent work on Romano-British cemeteries: Paul Booth; 8. Funerary complexes from Imperial Rome: A new approach to anthropological study using excavation and laboratory data: Paola Catalano, Carla Caldarini, Flavio De Angelis and Walter Pantano; 9. Animals in funerary practices: Sacrifices, offerings and meals at Rome and in the provinces: Sébastien Lepetz.
  • 10. "How did it go?" Putting the process back into cremation: Jacqueline I. McKinley11. Afterword
  • Process and polysemy: An appreciation of a cremation burial: Jake Weekes.

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