Funerary archaeology and changing identities : community practices in Roman-period Sardinia /
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This work analyses in detail the funerary evidence from burial sites in southern and central Sardinia, proposing an alternative interpretation of the island and of other Roman Provinces in which local communities played an active and creative role in shaping back the Roman-world within the specific material and historical conditions they lived in.
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Previously issued in print: 2018. :
1 online resource (210 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
9781789690019 (ebook) :
Les pratiques funéraires en Pannonie de l'époque augustéenne à la fin du 3e siècle : texte et cartes /
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This volume aims to give an overview of Roman burial practices in Pannonia during the Early Roman period through the study of tomb structure, the selection and treatment of grave goods and analysis of human remains. It proposes a synthesis of the published finds to serve as a base for future research in the region.
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Also issued in print: 2019. :
1 online resource (vi, 528 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789693362 (ebook) :
A Kerma Ancien cemetery in the Northern Dongola reach : excavations at site H29 /
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This volume is the final report on the excavations of a Kerma Ancien cemetery discovered by the Sudan Archaeological Research Society during its Northern Dongola Reach Survey conducted between 1993 and 1997. It is one of the very few cemeteries of this date to have been fully excavated and provides interesting data on funerary culture as practised in a rural environment, to be compared with the extensive information available from investigations of the cemetery associated with the metropolis of Kerma 100km to the north. It includes a range of specialist reports on all categories of artefacts recovered as well as on the physical anthropology, archaeobotany and archaeozoology.
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Previously issued in print: 2018. :
1 online resource (xviii, 226 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781784919320 (ebook) :
A dignified passage through the gates of Hades : the burial custom of cremation and the warrior order of Ancient Eleutherna /
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This work examines the burial customs of cremation of the Warrior Order of Ancient Eleutherna.
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Previously issued in print: 2016. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
9781784913847 (ebook) :
Art as ritual engagement in the funerary programme of Watetkhethor at Saqqara, c. 2345 BC /
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Art as ritual engagement is examined through a case study of feminised funerary representation in the repertoire of Watetkhethor, an elite woman interred in the mastaba tomb of her spouse, Mereruka, at Saqqara, c.2345-2181 BCE.
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Also issued in print: 2023. :
1 online resource (vi, 62 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781803275543 (PDF ebook) : :
Open access.
Mortuary differentiation and social structure in the Middle Helladic Argolid, 2000-1500 B.C /
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In this volume the archaeological, anthropological and radiocarbon data from selected sites of the Middle Helladic period are integrated to determine if there was variation between individual burials, groupings and cemeteries and to reconstruct change through time. This work was done for selective Argive sites, namely Lerna, Asine and Aspis.
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Also issued in print: 2023. :
1 online resource (422 pages) : illustrations (colour) :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789696264 (PDF ebook) :
The human brain in ancient Egypt : a medical and historical re-evaluation of its function and importance /
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This text provides a medical and historical re-evaluation of the function and importance of the human brain in ancient Egypt. The study evaluates whether treatment of the brain during anthropogenic mummification was linked to medical concepts of the brain.
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Also issued in print: 2023. :
1 online resource (86 pages) : illustrations (colour). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781803274782 (PDF ebook) :