The Archaeology of the Dead

Duday is particularly good on putrefaction and on ascertaining what may be due to natural processes of decay and what may be due to human agency. All this is conveyed through a series of case studies, abundantly illustrated in monochrome photographs and excellent line drawings, which take the reader from simple individual primary inhumations to increasingly complex cases.' ~Madeleine Hummler, Antiquity, Vol. 84, 2010

This publication and translation into English makes this important work more readily accessible for an even larger readership than it has had up until now.' ~Liv Nilsson Stutz, Cambridge Archaeological Journal, Vol. 20, No. 3, 2010