02322nam 2200541 450 991082408550332120230817192607.01-5261-1888-21-5261-1887-410.7765/9781526118875(CKB)4100000007987696(MiAaPQ)EBC6371092(DE-B1597)660687(DE-B1597)9781526118875(EXLCZ)99410000000798769620210227d2019 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierNeolithic cave burials agency, structure and environment /Rick PetersonManchester, England :Manchester University Press,[2019]©20191 online resource (xiii, 256 pages) illustrations, mapsSocial Archaeology and Material Worlds1-5261-1886-6 This is the first book-length treatment of Neolithic burial in Britain to focus primarily on cave evidence. It interprets human remains from forty-eight caves and compares them to what we know of Neolithic collective burial elsewhere in Britain and Europe. It reviews the archaeology of these cave burials and treats them as important evidence for the study of mortuary practice. Drawing on evidence from archaeology, anthropology, osteology and cave science, the book demonstrates that cave burial was one of the earliest elements of the British Neolithic. It also shows that Early Neolithic cave-burial practice was highly varied, with many similarities to other burial rites. However, by the Middle Neolithic, a funerary practice which was specific to caves had developed.Neolithic periodGreat BritainActor-network theory.Agency.Britain.Cave sedimentology.Caves.Funerary Archaeology.Neolithic burial.Object biography.Taphonomy.Neolithic period936.1Peterson Rick1201925MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910824085503321Neolithic cave burials4099841UNINA