Osteoarchaeology in historical context : cemetery research from the Low Countries / edited by Roos van Oosten, Rachel Schats & Kerry Fast.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Oosten, Roos van, 1978- editor.

Schats, Rachel, editor.

Fast, Kerry, 1964- editor.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Urban graveyard proceedings ; 3.

Urban graveyard proceedings ; 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human remains (Archaeology)--Benelux countries.

Human remains (Archaeology).

Excavations (Archaeology)--Benelux countries.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Cemeteries--Benelux countries.

Cemeteries.

Benelux countries.

Physical Description:

205 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Sidestone Press, [2019]

Summary:

Osteoarchaeology is a rich field for reconstructing past lives in that it can provide details on sex, age-at-death, stature, and pathology in conjunction with the cultural, social, and economic aspects of the person's environment and burial conditions. While osteoarchaeological research is common in the Low Countries, many of the studies done on the excellent skeletal collections remain unpublished and therefore unavailable to a larger audience. Following on the Urban Graveyards volumes, 'Osteoarchaeology in historical context' contributes to the dissemination of cemetery research in the Low Countries. Several important skeletal collections are examined in their historical contexts to better understand past living and dying. Osteoarchaeological data are combined with information on burial location, orientation, and grave goods. In doing so, this volume expands our knowledge of contextual cemetery research in the Low Countries and serves as a starting point for comparative research.

Osteoarchaeology is a rich field for reconstructing past lives in that it can provide details on sex, age-at-death, stature, and pathology in conjunction with the cultural, social, and economic aspects of the person's environment and burial conditions. While osteoarchaeological research is common in the Low Countries, many of the studies done on the excellent skeletal collections remain unpublished and therefore unavailable to a larger audience.0Following on the Urban Graveyards volumes, 'Osteoarchaeology in historical context' contributes to the dissemination of cemetery research in the Low Countries. Several important skeletal collections are examined in their historical contexts to better understand past living and dying. Osteoarchaeological data are combined with information on burial location, orientation, and grave goods. In doing so, this volume expands our knowledge of contextual cemetery research in the Low Countries and serves as a starting point for comparative research.0.

Contents:

Immigrants in Vlaardingen. Archaeological research at a cemetery, 1000-1050 p. 7 / Tim de Ridder

Digging up the dead in Eindhoven. The choir and churchyard of St. Catharine's, 1200-1850 p. 37 / Nico Arts

The monastic cemetery of the Broederenkerk in Zutphen. For monks only? p. 69 / Steffen Baetsen and Michel Groothedde

In sickness and in health. An archaeological and osteoarchaeological analysis of St. Gertrude's infirmary in Kampen (1382-c. 1611) p. 105 / Rachel Schats and Michael Klomp

Diversity in death. Skeletal evidence of burial preferences in a late to post-medieval convent in Aalst (Belgium) p. 121 / Jessica L.A Palmer

Taking sides. An osteoarchaeological analysis of human skeletal remains from the south and north sides of St. Andrew's Church (Andreaskerk) in Hattem, the Netherlands p. 139 / Barbara Veselka and Michael Klomp

The cursed side. A folk belief evidenced by documentary records in 's-Hertogenbosch (1782-1858) p. 155 / Roos van Oosten

Methods of ageing and sexing human dry bone put to the test. Looking back on the 1987-1988 excavations in the Broerenkerk in Zwolle p. 167 / Nico Aten and Hemmy Clevis.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

9789088908347

9088908346

9088908338

9789088908330

OCLC:

1105597671

Publisher Number:

99983585099