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Archaeologists and the dead : mortuary archaeology in comtemporary society / / edited by Howard Williams and Melanie Giles
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
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Archaeologists and the dead : mortuary archaeology in contemporary society / / edited by Howard Williams and Melanie Giles
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
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Archaeologists and the dead : mortuary archaeology in contemporary society / / edited by Howard Williams and Melanie Giles
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
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The archaeology of cremation : burned human remains in funerary studies / / edited by Tim Thompson
The archaeology of cremation : burned human remains in funerary studies / / edited by Tim Thompson
Pubbl/distr/stampa Oxford, England ; ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : Oxbow Books, , 2015
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (257 pages) : illustrations, maps
Disciplina 930.1
Collana Studies in Funerary Archaeology
Soggetto topico Human remains (Archaeology)
Cremation - History - To 1500
Cremation - Social aspects - History - To 1500
Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient
Death - Social aspects - History - To 1500
Social archaeology
Excavations (Archaeology)
Archaeology - Methodology
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-78297-849-6
1-78297-851-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910467624603321
Oxford, England ; ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : Oxbow Books, , 2015
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The archaeology of cremation : burned human remains in funerary studies / / edited by Tim Thompson
The archaeology of cremation : burned human remains in funerary studies / / edited by Tim Thompson
Pubbl/distr/stampa Oxford, England ; ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : Oxbow Books, , 2015
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (257 pages) : illustrations, maps
Disciplina 930.1
Collana Studies in Funerary Archaeology
Soggetto topico Human remains (Archaeology)
Cremation - History - To 1500
Cremation - Social aspects - History - To 1500
Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient
Death - Social aspects - History - To 1500
Social archaeology
Excavations (Archaeology)
Archaeology - Methodology
ISBN 1-78297-849-6
1-78297-851-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Fire and the body : fire and the people / Tim Thompson -- Flesh, fire, and funerary remains from the Neolithic site of La Varde, Guernsey : investigations past and present / Jenny Cataroche and Rebecca Gowland -- Past cremation practices from a bioarchaeological perspective : how new methods and techniques revealed conceptual changes in cremation practices during the late Bronze Age and early Iron Age in Denmark / Lise Harvig -- The bioarchaeological analysis of cremation at the Iron age necropolis of Tera (Portugal) / David Gonçalves, Vanessa Campanacho, Tim Thompson and Rui Mataloto -- Funerary rituals and ideologies in the Phoenician-Punic necropolis of Monte Sirai (Carbonia, Sardinia, italy) / Giampaolo Piga, Michele Guirguis and Ethel Allue -- The funerary practice of cremation at Augusta Emerita (Mérida, Spain) during high empire : contributions from the anthropological analysis of burned human bone / Filipa Cortesão Silva -- The integration of microscopic techniques in cremation studies : a new approach to understanding social identity among cremation practicing groups from early Anglo-Saxon England / Kirsty E. Squires -- Analysing cremated human remains from the southern Brazilian highlands : interpreting archaeological evidence of funerary practice at mound and enclosure complexes in the Pelotas River Valley / Priscilla Ferreira Ulguim -- Case applications of recent research on thermal effects on the skeleton / Douglas H. Ubelaker -- The interpretation and reconstruction of the post-mortem events in a case of scattered burned remains in Chile / Claudia Garrido-Varas and Marisol Intriago-Leiva -- Conclusion / Tim Thompson.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910796685403321
Oxford, England ; ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : Oxbow Books, , 2015
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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The archaeology of cremation : burned human remains in funerary studies / / edited by Tim Thompson
The archaeology of cremation : burned human remains in funerary studies / / edited by Tim Thompson
Pubbl/distr/stampa Oxford, England ; ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : Oxbow Books, , 2015
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (257 pages) : illustrations, maps
Disciplina 930.1
Collana Studies in Funerary Archaeology
Soggetto topico Human remains (Archaeology)
Cremation - History - To 1500
Cremation - Social aspects - History - To 1500
Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient
Death - Social aspects - History - To 1500
Social archaeology
Excavations (Archaeology)
Archaeology - Methodology
ISBN 1-78297-849-6
1-78297-851-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Fire and the body : fire and the people / Tim Thompson -- Flesh, fire, and funerary remains from the Neolithic site of La Varde, Guernsey : investigations past and present / Jenny Cataroche and Rebecca Gowland -- Past cremation practices from a bioarchaeological perspective : how new methods and techniques revealed conceptual changes in cremation practices during the late Bronze Age and early Iron Age in Denmark / Lise Harvig -- The bioarchaeological analysis of cremation at the Iron age necropolis of Tera (Portugal) / David Gonçalves, Vanessa Campanacho, Tim Thompson and Rui Mataloto -- Funerary rituals and ideologies in the Phoenician-Punic necropolis of Monte Sirai (Carbonia, Sardinia, italy) / Giampaolo Piga, Michele Guirguis and Ethel Allue -- The funerary practice of cremation at Augusta Emerita (Mérida, Spain) during high empire : contributions from the anthropological analysis of burned human bone / Filipa Cortesão Silva -- The integration of microscopic techniques in cremation studies : a new approach to understanding social identity among cremation practicing groups from early Anglo-Saxon England / Kirsty E. Squires -- Analysing cremated human remains from the southern Brazilian highlands : interpreting archaeological evidence of funerary practice at mound and enclosure complexes in the Pelotas River Valley / Priscilla Ferreira Ulguim -- Case applications of recent research on thermal effects on the skeleton / Douglas H. Ubelaker -- The interpretation and reconstruction of the post-mortem events in a case of scattered burned remains in Chile / Claudia Garrido-Varas and Marisol Intriago-Leiva -- Conclusion / Tim Thompson.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910815418503321
Oxford, England ; ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : Oxbow Books, , 2015
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Bronze 'bathtub' coffins : in the context of 8th-6th century BC Babylonian, Assyrian and Elamite funerary practices / / Yasmina Wicks
Bronze 'bathtub' coffins : in the context of 8th-6th century BC Babylonian, Assyrian and Elamite funerary practices / / Yasmina Wicks
Autore Wicks Yasmina
Pubbl/distr/stampa Oxford : , : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, , [2015]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (vi, 165 pages) : illustrations, map
Disciplina 393.930901
Collana Archaeopress archaeology
Soggetto topico Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-78491-175-5
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910467406403321
Wicks Yasmina  
Oxford : , : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, , [2015]
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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Bronze 'bathtub' coffins : in the context of 8th-6th century BC Babylonian, Assyrian and Elamite funerary practices / / Yasmina Wicks
Bronze 'bathtub' coffins : in the context of 8th-6th century BC Babylonian, Assyrian and Elamite funerary practices / / Yasmina Wicks
Autore Wicks Yasmina
Pubbl/distr/stampa Oxford : , : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, , [2015]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (vi, 165 pages) : illustrations, map
Disciplina 393.930901
Collana Archaeopress archaeology
Soggetto topico Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient
ISBN 1-78491-175-5
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910793960703321
Wicks Yasmina  
Oxford : , : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, , [2015]
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Bronze 'bathtub' coffins : in the context of 8th-6th century BC Babylonian, Assyrian and Elamite funerary practices / / Yasmina Wicks
Bronze 'bathtub' coffins : in the context of 8th-6th century BC Babylonian, Assyrian and Elamite funerary practices / / Yasmina Wicks
Autore Wicks Yasmina
Pubbl/distr/stampa Oxford : , : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, , [2015]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (vi, 165 pages) : illustrations, map
Disciplina 393.930901
Collana Archaeopress archaeology
Soggetto topico Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient
ISBN 1-78491-175-5
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910806870303321
Wicks Yasmina  
Oxford : , : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, , [2015]
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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Death as a process / / edited by John Pearce and Jake Weekes
Death as a process / / edited by John Pearce and Jake Weekes
Pubbl/distr/stampa Oxford, [England] ; ; Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania] : , : Oxbow Books, , 2017
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (311 pages)
Disciplina 393/.930937
Collana Studies in Funerary Archaeology
Soggetto topico Funeral rites and ceremonies - Rome
Human remains (Archaeology)
Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-78570-326-9
1-78570-324-2
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910467929203321
Oxford, [England] ; ; Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania] : , : Oxbow Books, , 2017
Materiale a stampa
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