Burial in later Anglo-Saxon England c. 650-1100 AD [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Jo Buckberry and Annia Cherryson

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910462718503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford, England ; ; Oakville, Conn., : Oxbow Books, c2010
• ISBN: 1-84217-821-0; 1-299-48505-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (153 p.)
• Collana: Studies in funerary archaeology ; ; v. 4
• Altri autori (Persone): BuckberryJo; CherrysonAnnia
• Disciplina: 393.90942
• Soggetti: Funeral rites and ceremonies, Medieval - England; Burial - England - History; Civilization, Anglo-Saxon; Human remains (Archaeology) - England; Anglo-Saxons - England - Antiquities; Electronic books.; Great Britain Civilization To 1066
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; List of Contributors; Introduction; 1. Cemetery Diversity in the Mid to Late Anglo-Saxon Period in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire; 2. Engendered Bodies and Objects of Memory in Final Phase Graves; 3. Burial Practice in Seventh-Century Hampshire: St Mary's Stadium in Context; 4. "Such a resting-place as is necessary for us in God's sight and fi tting in the eyes of the world":Saxon Southampton and the Development of Churchyard Burial; 5. An Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Worcester Cathedral; 6. Material Symbolism and Death: Charcoal Burial in Later Anglo-Saxon England; 7. Diff erentiation in the Later Anglo-Saxon Burial Ritual on the Basis of Mental or Physical Impairment:a Documentary Perspective8. Burying the Socially and Physically Distinctive in Later Anglo-Saxon England; 9. The Bowl Hole Burial Ground: A Late Anglian Cemetery in Northumberland; 10. Investigating Social Status Using Evidence of Biological Status: A Case Study from Raunds Furnells
• Sommario/riassunto: Traditionally the study of early medieval burial practices in England has focused on the furnished burials of the early Anglo-Saxon period with those of the later centuries perceived as uniform and therefore uninteresting. The last decade has seen the publication of many important cemeteries and synthetic works demonstrating that such a simplistic view of later Anglo-Saxon burial is no longer tenable. The reality is rather more complex, with social and political perspectives influencing both the location and mode of burial in this period. This edited volume is the first that brings together pa