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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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 |
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 |
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 | ||
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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 |
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 | ||
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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 |
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 | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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