Funerary archaeology
Funerary archaeology (or burial archaeology) is a branch of archaeology that studies the treatment and commemoration of the dead. It includes the study of human remains, their burial contexts, and from single grave goods through to monumental landscapes. Funerary archaeology might be considered a sub-set of the study of religion and belief.[1] A wide range of expert areas contribute to funerary archaeology, including epigraphy, material culture studies, thanatology, human osteology, zooarchaeology and stable isotope analysis.[2][3]
Bibliography
- Parker Pearson, M. (1999) The Archaeology of Death and Burial. Stroud: Sutton.
- Tarlow, S. and Nilsson Stutz, L. eds. (2013). The Oxford Handbook of Death and Burial. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
References
- ^ Taylor, Timothy (2011). "Death". In Insoll, Timothy (ed.). The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Ritual and Religion. Oxford University Press. pp. 89–104. doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199232444. ISBN 9780199232444.
- ^ "Funerary archaeology". Department of Archaeology. The University of Sheffield. 2020-11-05. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- ^ "MA Funerary Archaeology". University of York. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
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