The Archaeology of Death and Burial

The Archaeology of Death and Burial. ISBN is 9780750917773 / 0750917776
Archaeology of Death and Burial
by Pearson, Michael Parker

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Publisher:Sutton Pub Ltd, 2000
Edition:Hardcover
Language:English

About the book:
The archaeology of death and burial is central to our attempts to understand vanished societies. Through the remains of funerary rituals we can learn not only about the attitudes of prehistoric people to death and the afterlife, but also about their way of life, their social organization and their view of the world. This book reviews the latest research in this field, and describes the sometimes controversial interpretations that have led to rapid advances in our understanding of life and death in the distant past.
The Archaeology of Death and Burial provides an overview and synthesis of one of the most revealing fields of research into the past. It creates a context for several discoveries – from