Studies in Funerary Archaeology
J. Rasmus Brandt · Alison Klevnäs · Edeltraud Aspöck · Elisa Perego · Emma-Jayne Graham · Erika Hagelberg · Gro Bjørnstad · Håkon Roland · Marina Prusac · Nick Bellantoni · Nils Müller-Scheeßel · Rafael Scopacasa · Sven Ahrens · Tim Thompson · Zoë L. Devlin
Latest release: October 30, 2025
Physical · History · Human Anatomy & Physiology
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Human bones form the most direct link to understanding how people lived in the past, who they were and where they came from. The interpretative value of human skeletal remains (within their burial context) in terms of past social identity and organisation is awesome, but was, for many years, underexploited by archaeologists. The nineteen papers in this edited volume are an attempt to redress this by marrying the cultural aspects of burial with the anthropology of the deceased.
Human bones form the most direct link to understanding how people lived in the past, who they were and where they came from. The interpretative value of human skeletal remains (within their burial context) in terms of past social identity and organisation is awesome, but was, for many years, unde...
