Cremation and the Archaeology of Death
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 27 April 2017
- ISBN 9780198798118
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages384 pages
- Size 241x177x25 mm
- Weight 760 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
This collection brings together leading experts and new voices in the study of death in the human past. The book explores the rich range of archaeological evidence shedding light on the use of cremation from prehistory to the present day.
MoreLong description:
The fiery transformation of the dead is replete in our popular culture and Western modernity's death ways, and yet it is increasingly evident how little this disposal method is understood by archaeologists and students of cognate disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. In this regard, the archaeological study of cremation has much to offer. Cremation is a fascinating and widespread theme and entry-point in the exploration of the variability of mortuary practices among past societies.
Seeking to challenge simplistic narratives of cremation in the past and present, the studies in this volume seek to confront and explore the challenges of interpreting the variability of cremation by contending with complex networks of modern allusions and imaginings of cremations past and present and ongoing debates regarding how we identify and interpret cremation in the archaeological record. Using a series of original case studies, the book investigates the archaeological traces of cremation in a varied selection of prehistoric and historic contexts from the Mesolithic to the present in order to explore cremation from a practice-oriented and historically situated perspective.
In conclusion, this volume considerably advances our understanding of ancient cremation and the past peoples who practiced it
Table of Contents:
Introduction: Archaeologies of Cremation
Part 1: Relational Fiery Technologies
Cremation and the Use of Fire in Mesolithic Mortuary Practices in North-West Europe
Rediscovering the Body: Cremation and Inhumation in Early Iron Age Central Europe
Two of a Kind: Conceptual Similarities between Cremation and Inhumation in Early Anglo-Saxon England
Fiery Technology' and Transformative Placemaking: A Contextual Examination of a 'Crematory' at the Aztalan Site in Wisconsin
Interpretation of Burned Human Remains: Lessons from Modern Forensic Case
Part 2: Transforming and Commemorating with Cremation
Pathways for the Dead in the Middle and Late Bronze Age in Ireland
Building by Stone and Bone: Handling Cremated Remains in Late Bronze Age Sweden
From Life to Death: Dynamics of Personhood in Gallo-Roman Funeral Customs, Luxemburg Province, Belgium
Building for the Cremated Dead: Ephemeral and Cumulative Constructions
Part 3: Space and Time in Cremating Societies
The Emergence of Cremations in Eastern Fennoscandia: Changing Uses of Fire in Ritual Contexts
Land of the Cremated Dead: On Cremation Practices in Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age Scandinavia
Come Rain or Shine? The Social Implications of Seasonality and Weather on the Cremation Rite in Early Anglo-Saxon England
The Contemporary Archaeology of Urban Cremation
