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Burials

Deviant Burial in the Archaeological Record
edited by Eileen M Murphy
This edited volume contains twelve papers that present evidence on non-normative burial practices from the Neolithic through to Post-Medieval periods and includes case studies from some ten countries. It has long been recognised by archaeologists that certain individuals in a variety of archaeological cultures from diverse periods and locations have been accorded differential treatment in burial relative to other members of their society. These ...
Paperback. Price US$60.00

St Martin's Uncovered: Investigations in the Churchyard of St. Martin's-in-the-Bull-Ring, Birmingham, 2001
by Megan Brickley and Simon Buteux, Josephine Adams and Richard Cherrington
The archaeological excavations at St. Martin's churchyard, Birmingham uncovered 857 burials dating to the late 18th and the 19th century. The burials represent a cross-section of Birmingham's population during the peiod of the Industrial Revolution. Detailed anthropological analysis was carried out on a sample of 505 of the skeletons, investigating aspects of demography and health. Compared to the modern British population, the analysis revealed ...
Hardback. Publisher's Price US$65.00, Our Price US$19.98

The Ritual Killing and Burial of Animals: European Perspectives
edited by Aleksander Pluskowski
The killing and burial of animals in ritualistic contexts is encountered across Europe from Prehistory through to the historical period. This volume presents the state of research across Europe to illustrate how comparable interpretative frameworks are used by archaeologists working with both prehistoric and historical societies. Key questions include: How easy is it to identify ritually killed animals in the archaeological record? Can we tell if ...
Hardback. Price US$96.00

St Peter's, Barton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire - A Parish Church and its Community: Volume 2 The Human Remains
by Tony Waldron with contributions by Warwick Rodwell
The excavations at St Peter's church, Barton-upon-Humber, between 1978 and 1984 have yielded the largest collection of human remains in the UK, dating from the late tenth century to the mid-nineteenth. The twin aims of the project were to understand the architectural history and setting of this complex, multi-period building (Volume 1), and to recover a substantial sample of the population for palaeopathological study (Volume 2). An extensive ...
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Mortuary Customs in Prehistoric Malta: Excavations at the Brochtorff Circle at Xaghra, Gozo (1987-94)
edited by Caroline Malone, Simon Stoddart, Anthony Bonanno and David Trump
Amongst the earliest stone architecture in the world, the Neolithic temples and hypogea of Malta testify to a sophisticated island culture. Explored in the early twentieth century, the subterranean burial temple, the Hal Saflieni Hypogeum, was cleared of its burials and artefacts without detailed record. Late in the twentieth century, excavation at Xaghra on Gozo rediscovered a second cave cemetery that provides a unique comparison ...
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Burial at the Site of the Parish Church of St Benet Sherehog Before and After the Great Fire: Excavations at 1 Poultry, City of London
by Adrian Miles and William White with Danae Tankard
Archaeological work at 1 Poultry includes analysis of 280 burials associated with the medieval church of St Benet Sherehog and a post-Great Fire burial ground on the same location. Post-medieval coffins and coffin furniture indicate that the burial population is primarily late, with a fifth dated to before the Great Fire, although none were associated with the primary phase of the church. The parish of St Benet Sherehog pre- and post-Fire is ...

Eeuwige rust op de Donderberg: Een groot vroegmiddeleeuws grafveld bij Rhenen
by Bert Huiskes, edited by Annemarieke Willemsen
English Description:
The early medieval cemetery situated on the 'Donderberg' near Rhenen (province of Utrecht) is the largest of its kind in the Netherlands. It contained over 1100 graves that were dated between the fourth and eighth century A.D. This book provides insight into the nature of this site and the people that were buried here. Over 3000 artefacts were discovered including ceramic and glass, and also many pieces of ...
Paperback. Price US$60.00

Gräber der Han-Zeit in Luoyang
by Nickel, Lukas
This work presents the development of burial culture in the area surrounding the city Luoyang in Henan province during the four centuries of the Han dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD). The study covers an urban area of roughly 800 square kilometers, which used to contain two cities: the county seat Henan Xiancheng and the capital of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Han-Wei Gucheng.

The area of Luoyang has been intensively studied by archaeologists in the ...
Paperback. Price US$90.00

Funde und Befunde aus dem Schachtbrunnen im Hamam III in Aysuluk/Ephesos: Eine schamanistische Bestattung des 15. Jahrunderts
by Sule Pfeiffer-Tas
The publication at hand dealing with the on-site findings and features from a dug well and an excavation in front of the Praefurnium of the Hamam III in Ayasuluk/Ephesos and its interpretation provides information about a so far unknown burial, which provides interesting information in different aspects. The two human individuals which were buried in the dug well together with a noble riding horse and a dog at the mid of the 15th century after ...
Paperback. Price US$47.00

Criminals and Paupers: The Graveyard of St Margaret Fyebriggate in combusto, Norwich
by Ann Stirland
Excavation in 1987 at the site of this church revealed much of the graveyard, which had been in use from the 12th to the 15th century. Remains of over 1000 individuals were removed archaeologically from the cemetery. Of these, 436 were articulated individuals, the rest being represented as charnel. Remains of 413 individuals were complete enough to merit detailed examination and analysis, and this report is concerned with the palaeopathology of ...