ISBN:
9781526135568
,
1526135566
Language:
English
Pages:
xxi, 313 pages
,
illustrations, maps
,
24 cm
Series Statement:
Social archaeology and material worlds
DDC:
393/.10942
Keywords:
Anglo-Saxons Funeral customs and rites
;
Merovingians Funeral customs and rites
;
Cemeteries History
;
Cemeteries History
;
Social archaeology
;
Social archaeology
;
Cemeteries
;
Social archaeology
;
History
;
Great Britain History Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066
;
France History To 987
;
England
;
France
;
Great Britain
;
Angelsachsen
;
Bestattungsritus
;
Grabbeigabe
Abstract:
Machine generated contents note:1.Negotiating early Anglo-Saxon cemetery space --2.The syntax of cemetery space --3.Mortuary metre --4.The grammar of graves --5.Intonation on the individual --6.Early Anglo-Saxon community.
Abstract:
"Early Anglo-Saxon cemeteries are known for their grave goods, but this abundance obscures their interest as the creations of pluralistic, multi-generational communities. This book explores over one hundred early Anglo-Saxon and Merovingian cemeteries, using a multi-dimensional methodology to move beyond artefacts. It offers an alternative way to explore the horizontal organisation of cemeteries from a holistically focused perspective. The physical communication of digging a grave and laying out a body was used to negotiate the arrangement of a cemetery and to construct family and community stories. This approach foregrounds community, because people used and reused cemetery spaces to emphasise different characteristics of the deceased, based on their own attitudes, lifeways and live experiences. This book will appeal to scholars of Anglo-Saxon studies and will be of value to archaeologists interested in mortuary spaces, communities and social archaeology."-- Back cover
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [286]-306) and index
