The Early Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries of East Yorkshire

An analysis and reinterpretation

von Sam Lucy

156 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

A study of mortuary practices in East Yorkshire from the fifth to the late seventh century BC. The author uses all the available evidence, from well-recorded modern excavations to briefly recorded nineteenth century finds. He believes that exploring the variation in burial rites can tell us more about this society than ' trying to reduce the rite to a single homogeneous entity ...until the advent of Christianity brings a new rite '. The book includes a useful chapter on ' The Anglo-Saxon Myth and the Development of Anglo-Saxon Archaeology '.

• Reihe: BAR British Series
• Themen: Geschichte und Archäologie Archäologie
• ISBN: 9780860549543
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 31.12.1998
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Ltd