Archaeologists and the dead : mortuary archaeology in comtemporary society / / edited by Howard Williams and Melanie Giles |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (486 p.) |
Disciplina | 930.1 |
Collana | Oxford scholarship online |
Soggetto topico |
Human remains (Archaeology)
Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient Death - Social aspects Social archaeology Excavations (Archaeology) Archaeologists Archaeology - Social aspects Memorials - Social aspects |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-19-191700-1
0-19-106797-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Archaeologists and the Dead: Mortuary Archaeology in Contemporary Society; Copyright; Foreword; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Preface; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Chapter 1: Introduction: Mortuary Archaeology in Contemporary Society; Mortuary Archaeology in the UK; Reburial and repatriation; The `crisis ́in burial archaeology; Naming the dead; Plural identities: fragments and absences; Telling Tales: Archaeologists and the Dead; Introducing the Book: the Dead and the Archaeologist; Acknowledgements; Bibliography; Part 1: Investigating the Dead
Chapter 2: Questions Raised in Excavating the Recent DeadIntroduction; Excavating Modern or Contemporary Cemeteries; Principles of the Project; Keeping a low profile; Reburial and respect; Categorizing the Dead; What is the Significance and Relevance of this Type of Project to the Contemporary World?; Conclusion; Bibliography; Chapter 3: Personhood and Re-Embodiment in Osteological Practice; Introduction; Encountering the Dead; Manipulation and Transformation of the Dead; Re-Embodiment; Embodiment and Personhood at the Alameda-Stone Cemetery, Tucson, Arizona; Personhood and the Osteologist AcknowledgementsEndnotes; Bibliography; Chapter 4: Separating the Emotions: Archaeological Mentalities in Central Italian Funerary Archaeology; Introduction; Archaeological Mentalities and Ethnographies of Archaeology; The Research Design; The Interviewees; Archaeologists and the Dead; Archaeologists and the Ancestors; Discussion; Conclusions; Appendix 1; Intervista; Appendix 2; Acknowledgements; Endnotes; Bibliography; Chapter 5: Slave-Trade Archaeology and the Public: The Excavation of a `Liberated African ́Graveyard on St Helena; Introduction; St Helena And The Air Access Project Data GatheringEthnic Origins And Cultural Ownership; Public Engagement; Attitudes To The Dead; Superstition; International Attention; Conclusion; Endnotes; Bibliography; Chapter 6: Habeas Corpus: Contested Ownership of Casualties of the Great War; Introduction; Finding the Fallen; Ownership and Claim; Tribal Ancestor Worship; The Archaeologists; Happy Families?; Wider Communities; Ecce Homo; Conclusions; Acknowledgements; Endnotes; Bibliography; Primary Sources; Secondary Sources; Chapter 7: Bones Without Barriers: The Social Impact of Digging the Dead; Introduction Archaeology and modern death cultureThe Value of Archaeology; Bones Without Barriers at Oakington; Oakington early Anglo-Saxon cemetery; Methodology; Participatory and non-participant observation; Interviews and conversations; Themes:; Results; 2010 quantitative results; 2011 qualitative research; Relationships between the living and the dead; Learning from the dead; Ethics: the way itś dug; Discussion: the Social Impact of Digging the Dead; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; Appendix 1; Feedback Form; Bibliography; Part 2: Displaying the Dead Chapter 8: Museum Practice and the Display of Human Remains |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465301103321 |
Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Archaeologists and the dead : mortuary archaeology in contemporary society / / edited by Howard Williams and Melanie Giles |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (486 p.) |
Disciplina | 930.1 |
Collana | Oxford scholarship online |
Soggetto topico |
Human remains (Archaeology)
Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient Death - Social aspects Social archaeology Excavations (Archaeology) Archaeologists Archaeology - Social aspects Memorials - Social aspects |
ISBN |
0-19-191700-1
0-19-106797-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Archaeologists and the Dead: Mortuary Archaeology in Contemporary Society; Copyright; Foreword; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Preface; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Chapter 1: Introduction: Mortuary Archaeology in Contemporary Society; Mortuary Archaeology in the UK; Reburial and repatriation; The `crisis ́in burial archaeology; Naming the dead; Plural identities: fragments and absences; Telling Tales: Archaeologists and the Dead; Introducing the Book: the Dead and the Archaeologist; Acknowledgements; Bibliography; Part 1: Investigating the Dead
Chapter 2: Questions Raised in Excavating the Recent DeadIntroduction; Excavating Modern or Contemporary Cemeteries; Principles of the Project; Keeping a low profile; Reburial and respect; Categorizing the Dead; What is the Significance and Relevance of this Type of Project to the Contemporary World?; Conclusion; Bibliography; Chapter 3: Personhood and Re-Embodiment in Osteological Practice; Introduction; Encountering the Dead; Manipulation and Transformation of the Dead; Re-Embodiment; Embodiment and Personhood at the Alameda-Stone Cemetery, Tucson, Arizona; Personhood and the Osteologist AcknowledgementsEndnotes; Bibliography; Chapter 4: Separating the Emotions: Archaeological Mentalities in Central Italian Funerary Archaeology; Introduction; Archaeological Mentalities and Ethnographies of Archaeology; The Research Design; The Interviewees; Archaeologists and the Dead; Archaeologists and the Ancestors; Discussion; Conclusions; Appendix 1; Intervista; Appendix 2; Acknowledgements; Endnotes; Bibliography; Chapter 5: Slave-Trade Archaeology and the Public: The Excavation of a `Liberated African ́Graveyard on St Helena; Introduction; St Helena And The Air Access Project Data GatheringEthnic Origins And Cultural Ownership; Public Engagement; Attitudes To The Dead; Superstition; International Attention; Conclusion; Endnotes; Bibliography; Chapter 6: Habeas Corpus: Contested Ownership of Casualties of the Great War; Introduction; Finding the Fallen; Ownership and Claim; Tribal Ancestor Worship; The Archaeologists; Happy Families?; Wider Communities; Ecce Homo; Conclusions; Acknowledgements; Endnotes; Bibliography; Primary Sources; Secondary Sources; Chapter 7: Bones Without Barriers: The Social Impact of Digging the Dead; Introduction Archaeology and modern death cultureThe Value of Archaeology; Bones Without Barriers at Oakington; Oakington early Anglo-Saxon cemetery; Methodology; Participatory and non-participant observation; Interviews and conversations; Themes:; Results; 2010 quantitative results; 2011 qualitative research; Relationships between the living and the dead; Learning from the dead; Ethics: the way itś dug; Discussion: the Social Impact of Digging the Dead; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; Appendix 1; Feedback Form; Bibliography; Part 2: Displaying the Dead Chapter 8: Museum Practice and the Display of Human Remains |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798425003321 |
Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Archaeologists and the dead : mortuary archaeology in contemporary society / / edited by Howard Williams and Melanie Giles |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (486 p.) |
Disciplina | 930.1 |
Collana | Oxford scholarship online |
Soggetto topico |
Human remains (Archaeology)
Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient Death - Social aspects Social archaeology Excavations (Archaeology) Archaeologists Archaeology - Social aspects Memorials - Social aspects |
ISBN |
0-19-191700-1
0-19-106797-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Archaeologists and the Dead: Mortuary Archaeology in Contemporary Society; Copyright; Foreword; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Preface; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Chapter 1: Introduction: Mortuary Archaeology in Contemporary Society; Mortuary Archaeology in the UK; Reburial and repatriation; The `crisis ́in burial archaeology; Naming the dead; Plural identities: fragments and absences; Telling Tales: Archaeologists and the Dead; Introducing the Book: the Dead and the Archaeologist; Acknowledgements; Bibliography; Part 1: Investigating the Dead
Chapter 2: Questions Raised in Excavating the Recent DeadIntroduction; Excavating Modern or Contemporary Cemeteries; Principles of the Project; Keeping a low profile; Reburial and respect; Categorizing the Dead; What is the Significance and Relevance of this Type of Project to the Contemporary World?; Conclusion; Bibliography; Chapter 3: Personhood and Re-Embodiment in Osteological Practice; Introduction; Encountering the Dead; Manipulation and Transformation of the Dead; Re-Embodiment; Embodiment and Personhood at the Alameda-Stone Cemetery, Tucson, Arizona; Personhood and the Osteologist AcknowledgementsEndnotes; Bibliography; Chapter 4: Separating the Emotions: Archaeological Mentalities in Central Italian Funerary Archaeology; Introduction; Archaeological Mentalities and Ethnographies of Archaeology; The Research Design; The Interviewees; Archaeologists and the Dead; Archaeologists and the Ancestors; Discussion; Conclusions; Appendix 1; Intervista; Appendix 2; Acknowledgements; Endnotes; Bibliography; Chapter 5: Slave-Trade Archaeology and the Public: The Excavation of a `Liberated African ́Graveyard on St Helena; Introduction; St Helena And The Air Access Project Data GatheringEthnic Origins And Cultural Ownership; Public Engagement; Attitudes To The Dead; Superstition; International Attention; Conclusion; Endnotes; Bibliography; Chapter 6: Habeas Corpus: Contested Ownership of Casualties of the Great War; Introduction; Finding the Fallen; Ownership and Claim; Tribal Ancestor Worship; The Archaeologists; Happy Families?; Wider Communities; Ecce Homo; Conclusions; Acknowledgements; Endnotes; Bibliography; Primary Sources; Secondary Sources; Chapter 7: Bones Without Barriers: The Social Impact of Digging the Dead; Introduction Archaeology and modern death cultureThe Value of Archaeology; Bones Without Barriers at Oakington; Oakington early Anglo-Saxon cemetery; Methodology; Participatory and non-participant observation; Interviews and conversations; Themes:; Results; 2010 quantitative results; 2011 qualitative research; Relationships between the living and the dead; Learning from the dead; Ethics: the way itś dug; Discussion: the Social Impact of Digging the Dead; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; Appendix 1; Feedback Form; Bibliography; Part 2: Displaying the Dead Chapter 8: Museum Practice and the Display of Human Remains |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815688203321 |
Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Grave Goods : : Objects and Death in Later Prehistoric Britain / / Anwen Cooper, Duncan Garrow, Catriona Gibson, Melanie Giles |
Autore | Cooper Anwen |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [s.l.] : , : Oxbow Books, , 2022 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (321 p.) |
Soggetto topico |
Social Science / Archaeology
History / Europe / Great Britain History / Ancient Social sciences |
ISBN |
9781789257502
1789257506 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910633942703321 |
Cooper Anwen | ||
[s.l.] : , : Oxbow Books, , 2022 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|