Remembering the Dead in Anglo-Saxon England: Memory theory in archaeology and history

by Zoe Devlin

In this study, the author examines the remembrance of the dead during the Anglo-Saxon period. Her work is based on monuments and remains from four cemeteries selected from the south-east of England, covering the date range from the late fifth to early tenth centuries. The first cemetery, Spong Hill, Norfolk, is a mixed cemetery dated to the late fifth to late sixth centuries and was the site of intensive excavations in the 1970s and '80s, which uncovered...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1407301446
• ISBN13: 9781407301440
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Ltd
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.3" x 11.6"