The Archaeology of Death and Burial

By: MIKE PARKER PEARSON

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Paperback | 1 January 2005

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250 Pages

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25.0 x 17.2 x 1.0

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The archaeology of death and burial is central to ourattempts to understand vanished societies. Through theremains of funerary rituals we can learn not only aboutthe attitudes of prehistoric people to death and theafterlife, but also about their way of life, their socialorganisation and their view of the world. This ambitiousnew book reviews the latest research in this huge andimportant field, and describes the sometimescontroversial interpretations that have led to rapidadvances in our understanding of life and death in thedistant past. It provides a unique overview and synthesisof one of the most revealing fields of research into thepast, It creates a context for several of archaeology'smost breath-taking discoveries, from Tutankhamen to theIce Man, and will find a keen market amongarchaeologists, historians and others who have aprofessional interest in, or general curiosity about,death and burial.

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