Neolithic and Bronze Age funerary and ritual practices in Wales, 3600-1200 BC / Geneviève Tellier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tellier, Geneviève (Archaeologist), author.

Series:

BAR British series ; 642.

BAR British series ; 642

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient--Wales.

Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient.

Rites and ceremonies, Prehistoric--Wales.

Rites and ceremonies, Prehistoric.

Bronze age--Wales.

Bronze age.

Wales--Antiquities.

Wales.

Antiquities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 200 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour).

Place of Publication:

Oxford : BAR Publishing, 2018.

Summary:

This book brings together, for the first time, all of the burials and funerary practices from the Middle Neolithic to the end of the Middle Bronze Age (3600-1200 BC) in Wales into one coherent volume. The work is the first to provide an up-to-date synthesis of monument form and mortuary practice in Neolithic and Bronze Age Wales. It provides a comprehensive overview of all human bone deposits (both cremation and inhumation) throughout this time span. This comprises the osteological analysis of over 250 human bone deposits, with new observations and interpretations. The book engages with current debates on the changing character and significance of burial rites in later prehistory.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2018.

"based on my PhD thesis submitted in 2017 at Bradford University"--Acknowledgements.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

9781407323299

1407323296

OCLC:

1257274372