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Neolithic cave burials : agency, structure and environment / / Rick Peterson



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Autore: Peterson Rick Visualizza persona
Titolo: Neolithic cave burials : agency, structure and environment / / Rick Peterson Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Manchester, England : , : Manchester University Press, , [2019]
©2019
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiii, 256 pages) : illustrations, maps
Disciplina: 936.1
Soggetto topico: Neolithic period - Great Britain
Soggetto non controllato: Actor-network theory
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Britain
Cave sedimentology
Caves
Funerary Archaeology
Neolithic burial
Object biography
Taphonomy
Sommario/riassunto: 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Neolithic cave burials  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-5261-1888-2
1-5261-1887-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910793550003321
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