Contextual Archaeology of Burial Practice: Case studies from Roman Britain

by John Pearce

This study explores the insights into provincial Roman societies that can be gained from the archaeological evidence for burial practice, focused on Britain, drawing on wider work in the archaeology of death. It evaluates the distribution of burial evidence and the factors that condition it, including, it is argued, archaeologically invisible burial continuing from the Iron Age .It reviews the archaeological evidence for cremation rituals and explores...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1407311964
• ISBN13: 9781407311968
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Ltd
• Length: 247 Pages
• Weight: 1.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.3" x 11.7"