Burial and memorial in late antiquity: volume 1: Thematic perspectives
This book presents current work on the archaeology of burial and memorial in late antiquity, with insights from excavation, science, and texts, from DNA to perfume traces, mausolea to relic translation, tomb robbing to statue spoliation, in East and West.
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boston
BRILL
[2024]
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| In: | Year: 2024 |
| Series/Journal: | Late Antique Archaeology Series
v.13 |
| Further subjects: | B
Burial
B Excavations (archaeology) B Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient |
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9789004687950 |
| Summary: | This book presents current work on the archaeology of burial and memorial in late antiquity, with insights from excavation, science, and texts, from DNA to perfume traces, mausolea to relic translation, tomb robbing to statue spoliation, in East and West. Front Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Contributors -- Burial and Memorial in Late Antiquity Perspectives and Opportunities -- Bioarchaeology -- Recent Bioarchaeological Research on Early Medieval Cemeteries in Italy -- Treatment of the Body -- "To Make the Unseen Seen": Organic Residue Analysis of Late Roman Grave Deposits -- The Colour of Death: Colour Symbolism and Burial in Roman Britain -- Funeral Processions in Late Antiquity -- Mausolea -- Late Roman 'Mausolea' in Hispania -- Mausolea in North-West Europe: the Transition from the Roman to Late Antique Periods -- Late Roman Mausolea in Pannonia -- Mausolea in Late Antique Italy -- Changing Funerary Landscapes in Late Antiquity: Mausolea in North Africa -- Funerary Landscapes -- Funerary Landscapes in Catalonia (3rd-6th c. AD) -- The Late Antique Funerary Landscape of Rome: 3rd to 4th c. AD -- Burying the Saints Next to the Common Dead: the Burial Habits of the Christian Elite in the 4th c. and the First Translations of Relics -- Topography and Ideology: Contested Episcopal Elections and Suburban Cemeteries in Late Antique Rome -- Other Memorials: Statue Monuments -- The Archaeology of Late Antique Statue Monuments -- The Many Lives of the Statue Bases of Lepcis Magna -- Tombs and Spolia in City Walls -- Memorial and Oblivion in Late Antiquity: the Testimony of Spolia in City Walls -- The Destruction, Preservation, and Adaptive Reuse of Funerary Monuments within Urban Fortifications in Late Antiquity: the West -- The Destruction, Preservation, and Adaptive Reuse of Funerary Monuments in Urban Fortifications in Late Antiquity: the East -- Spolia in Late Antique City Walls -- Catalogue 1: Africa and the East -- Spolia in Late Antique City Walls -- Catalogue 2: The West -- Spolia and Civic Memory. "Burial and Memorial explores funerary and commemorative archaeology, A.D. 284-650, across the late antique world, from Catalonia to Cappadocia. The first volume includes an overview of research, and papers exploring bioarchaeology, mortuary rituals, mausolea, and funerary landscapes. It considers the sacralisation of tombs, movements of relics, and the political significance of cemeteries. The fate of statue monuments is explored, as memorials for individuals. Authors also compare the spoliation or preservation of tombs to other buildings, and, finally, how the city itself, with its monuments, served as a place of collective memory, where meanings were long maintained. The second volume includes papers exploring all aspects of funerary archaeology, from scientific samples in graves, to grave goods and tomb robbing and a bibliographic essay. It brings into focus neglected regions not usually considered by funerary archaeologists in NW Europe, such as the Levant, where burial archaeology is rich in grave good, to Sicily and Sardinia, where post-mortem offerings and burial manipulations are well-attested. We also hear from excavations in Britain, from Canterbury and London, and see astonishing fruits from the application of science to graves recently excavated in Trier"-- Provided by publisher |
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| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 537 Seiten), Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 978-90-04-68798-1 |
