Neolithic Cave Burials - Agency, Structure and Environment (Hardcover)

This is the first book-length treatment of Neolithic burial in Britain to focus primarily on cave evidence. It interprets human remains from forty-eight caves and compares them to what we know of Neolithic collective burial elsewhere in Britain and Europe. It reviews the archaeology of these cave burials and treats them as important evidence for the study of mortuary practice. Drawing on evidence from archaeology, anthropology, osteology and cave science, the book demonstrates that cave burial was one of the earliest elements of the British Neolithic. It also shows that Early Neolithic cave-burial practice was highly varied, with many similarities to other burial rites. However, by the Middle Neolithic, a funerary practice which was specific to caves had developed. -- .

General

Imprint:	Manchester University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Social Archaeology and Material Worlds
Release date:	April 2019
First published:	2019
Authors:	Rick Peterson
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	272
ISBN-13:	978-1-5261-1886-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeology by period / region > Prehistoric archaeology
LSN:	1-5261-1886-6
Barcode:	9781526118868

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