Death As a Process : The Archaeology of the Roman Funeral.

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.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.