The Archaeology of Cremation: Burned Human Remains in Funerary Studies

by Ethel Allue, Michele Guirguis, Filipa Cortesão Silva, et al.

Human societies have disposed of their dead in a variety of ways. However, while considerable attention has been paid to bodies that were buried, comparatively little work has been devoted to understanding the nature of cremated remains, despite their visibility through time. It has been argued that this is the result of decades of misunderstanding regarding the potential information that this material holds, combined with properties that make burned...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1782978488
• ISBN13: 9781782978480
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Oxbow Books Limited
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.6" x 9.4"