Death As a Process : The Archaeology of the Roman Funeral.
Pearce, John.
Death As a Process : The Archaeology of the Roman Funeral. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (311 pages) - Studies in Funerary Archaeology Series ; v.11 . - Studies in Funerary Archaeology Series .
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-Rost -- 7. 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. McKinley -- 11. Afterword - Process and polysemy: An appreciation of a cremation burial: Jake Weekes.
9781785703249
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Rome.
Electronic books.
DG103.D43 2017
Death As a Process : The Archaeology of the Roman Funeral. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (311 pages) - Studies in Funerary Archaeology Series ; v.11 . - Studies in Funerary Archaeology Series .
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-Rost -- 7. 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. McKinley -- 11. Afterword - Process and polysemy: An appreciation of a cremation burial: Jake Weekes.
9781785703249
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Rome.
Electronic books.
DG103.D43 2017