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Burial, Landscape and Identity in Early Medieval Wessex (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,521
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Burial, Landscape and Identity in Early Medieval Wessex (Hardcover): Kate Mees

Burial, Landscape and Identity in Early Medieval Wessex (Hardcover)

Kate Mees

Series: Anglo-Saxon Studies

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Multi-disciplinary investigation of Anglo-Saxon funerary traditions. Burial evidence provides the richest record we possess for the centuries following the retreat of Roman authority. The locations and manner in which communities chose to bury their dead, within the constraints of the environmentaland social milieu, reveal much about this transformational era. This book offers a pioneering exploration of the ways in which the cultural and physical environment influenced funerary traditions during the period c. AD 450-850, in the region which came to form the leading Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex. This was a diverse landscape rich in ancient remains, in the form of imposing earthworks, enigmatic megaliths and vestiges of Roman occupation. Employing archaeological evidence, complemented by toponymic and documentary sources and elucidated through landscape analysis, the author argues that particular man-made and natural features were consciously selected as foci for funerary events and ritual practice, becoming integral to manifestations of identity and power in early medieval society. Kate Mees is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Archaeology, Durham University.

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Imprint: The Boydell Press
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Anglo-Saxon Studies
Release date: May 2019
First published: 2019
Authors: Kate Mees (Royalty Account)
Dimensions: 240 x 170 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages: 324
ISBN-13: 978-1-78327-417-8
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > World history > 500 to 1500
Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeology by period / region > European archaeology > Medieval European archaeology
Books > History > World history > 500 to 1500
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LSN: 1-78327-417-4
Barcode: 9781783274178

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