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Moche burial patterns : an investigation into prehispanic social structureMillaire, Jean-Francois January 2001 (has links)
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Death embodied. Archaeological approaches to the treatment of the corpse edited by Zoë L Devlin and Emma-Jayne Graham [Book review]Buckberry, Jo 28 February 2017 (has links)
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Animals, Identity and Cosmology: Mortuary Practice in Early Medieval Eastern EnglandRainsford, Clare E. January 2017 (has links)
The inclusion of animal remains in funerary contexts was a routine feature of Anglo-Saxon cremation ritual, and less frequently of inhumations, until the introduction of Christianity during the 7th century. Most interpretation has focused either on the animal as symbolic of identity or as an indication of pagan belief, with little consideration given to the interaction between these two aspects. Animals were a fundamental and ubiquitous part of early medieval society, and their contribution to mortuary practices is considered to be multifaceted, reflecting their multiple roles in everyday life.
This project considers the roles of animals in mortuary practice between the 5th-7th centuries across five counties in eastern England – Norfolk, Suffolk, Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire and Essex – in both cremation and inhumation rites. Animal remains have been recognised in 5th to 7th century burials in eastern England from an early date, and the quality of the existing archives (both material and written) is investigated and discussed as an integral part of designing a methodology to effectively summarise data across a wide area. From the eastern England dataset, four aspects of identity in mortuary practice are considered in terms of their influence on the role of animals: choice of rite (cremation/inhumation); human biological identity (age & gender); regionality; and changing expressions of belief and status in the 7th century. The funerary role of animals is argued to be based around broadly consistent cosmologies which are locally contingent in their expression and practice. / Arts & Humanities Research Council Studentship under the Collaborative Doctoral Award scheme, with Norwich Castle Museum as the partner organisation
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Taken to the grave : an archaeozoological approach assessing the role of animals as crematory offerings in first millennium AD BritainWorley, Fay L. January 2008 (has links)
The crematory funerary rites practiced by those living in parts of mainland Britain during the first millennium AD included burning complete or parts of animals on the pyre. This thesis highlights the potential for archaeozoological analysis of faunal pyre goods using assemblages from the first millennium AD as a dataset. Experimental study and the integration of current research from a number of disciplines is used to suggest that although pyrolysis and cremation practices fragment and distort burnt bone assemblages, careful analysis can reveal a wealth of data leading to the interpretation of various forms of pyre good. The results of the author's analysis of material from the sites of Brougham, Cumbria, St. Stephen's, Hertfordshire, Castleford, West Yorkshire and Heath Wood, Derbyshire are combined with data from other published cemeteries to suggest a series of chronological and regional continuities in the use of animals but with a distinct change at the start of the Early Medieval period. The results from Brougham are particularly significant as they alter preconceived views on the utilisation of animals in Romano-British funerary practice. Cremation burials in first millennium AD Britain are shown to include the burnt remains of predominantly domestic taxa with occasional wild species. The pyre goods are interpreted as representing food offerings, companions, amulets, gaming items and sacrifices. This thesis demonstrates that cremated animal bone should not be disregarded but rather valued as source of archaeozoological data, and a significant functional tool for interpreting past funerary behaviour and animal utilisation.
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Taken to the grave. An archaeozoological approach assessing the role of animals as crematory offerings in first millennium AD Britain.Worley, Fay L. January 2008 (has links)
The crematory funerary rites practiced by those living in parts of mainland Britain
during the first millennium AD included burning complete or parts of animals on the
pyre. This thesis highlights the potential for archaeozoological analysis of faunal pyre
goods using assemblages from the first millennium AD as a dataset.
Experimental study and the integration of current research from a number of disciplines
is used to suggest that although pyrolysis and cremation practices fragment and distort
burnt bone assemblages, careful analysis can reveal a wealth of data leading to the
interpretation of various forms of pyre good.
The results of the author¿s analysis of material from the sites of Brougham, Cumbria, St.
Stephen¿s, Hertfordshire, Castleford, West Yorkshire and Heath Wood, Derbyshire are
combined with data from other published cemeteries to suggest a series of chronological
and regional continuities in the use of animals but with a distinct change at the start of
the Early Medieval period. The results from Brougham are particularly significant as
they alter preconceived views on the utilisation of animals in Romano-British funerary
practice. Cremation burials in first millennium AD Britain are shown to include the
burnt remains of predominantly domestic taxa with occasional wild species. The pyre
goods are interpreted as representing food offerings, companions, amulets, gaming
items and sacrifices.
This thesis demonstrates that cremated animal bone should not be disregarded but rather
valued as source of archaeozoological data, and a significant functional tool for
interpreting past funerary behaviour and animal utilisation.
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