Burial Archaeology Research Articles

Ethics and burial archaeology (duckworth debates in archaeology) Duncan Sayer. Duckworth Publishers, London, UK, 2010. 144 pp, ISBN 978-0-7156-3893-4, (paperback).

International Journal of OsteoarchaeologyVolume 21, Issue 1 p. e5-e5 Book Review Ethics and burial archaeology (duckworth debates in archaeology) Duncan Sayer. Duckworth Publishers, London, UK, 2010. 144 pp, ISBN 978-0-7156-3893-4, (paperback). Terry O'Connor, Terry O'Connor Department of Archaeology, University of York, UKSearch for more papers by this author Terry O'Connor, Terry O'Connor Department of Archaeology, University of York, UKSearch for more papers by this author First published: 14 November 2010 https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.1222Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume21, Issue1January/February 2011Pages e5-e5 RelatedInformation

Is there a crisis facing British burial archaeology?

2007 was an eventful year for the ethics of burial in Britain: the Science Museum returned the remains of Tasmanian Aborigines to their cultural home (Henderson 2007), the legal system governing the excavation of human remains was reinterpreted (Small 2008), TheGuardianreported on the desire of neo-pagans to take ownership of human remains (Randerson 2007) and there was a debate in the museum literature on just this topic (see Restall Orr & Bienkowski 2006 and Smith & Mays 2007). In light of these changes and debates it may be unsurprising to learn that many British archaeologists feel that it is 'getting more difficult to work with human remains'.

The Making of Churchyards and Parish Territories in the Early-Medieval Landscape of France and England in the 7th-12th Centuries: A Reconsideration

NEW developments in burial archaeology and recent re-assessments of historical evidence compel a reconsideration of the transition from unassociated burial-grounds to churchyards. This paper focuses on five inter-related aspects: the interpretation of scattered burials in Early-medieval settlements, the re-use of barrows and Roman buildings for burial, the doctrinal elaboration of the churchyard as a bounded sacred place, the process of the reduction of burial-grounds and the relationship between burials and parish boundaries. It is argued that a great variety of burial locations were in use during the Early Middle Ages, and that this does not constitute evidence for evaluating the level of Christianization among the rural population. It is only between the 10th and the 12th centuries that the churchyard was established as the sole legitimate burial place for the parish community. The archaeological evidence for the topographical evolution of burial-grounds mirrors the shifting boundaries between the living and the dead, and between sacred and profane spaces. The comparison of archaeological evidence on both sides of the Channel reveals more similarities in the development of burial practices than might be expected.

Review article: What’s new in early medieval burial archaeology?

Books reviewed in this article:John Hines, Karen Høilund Nielsen and Frank Siegmund (eds), The Pace of Change. Studies in Early–Medieval Chronology.Catherine E. Karkov, Kelley M. Wickham–Crowley and Bailey K. Young (eds), Spaces of the Living and the Dead: An Archaeological Dialogue.Sam Lucy, The Early Anglo–Saxon Cemeteries of East Yorkshire. An Analysis and Reinterpretation.Elizabeth O’Brien, Post–Roman Britain to Anglo–Saxon England: Burial Practices Reviewed.Nick Stoodley, The Spindle and the Spear. A Critical Enquiry into the Construction and Meaning of Gender in the Early Anglo–Saxon Burial Rite.

The Archaeology of Death and Burial. Mike Parker Pearson

<i>The Archaeology of Death and Burial</i>. Mike Parker Pearson

The Archaeology of Death and Burial. By M. Parker Pearson.

<i>The Archaeology of Death and Burial</i>. By M. Parker Pearson.

The archaeology of death and burial

The archaeology of death and burial is central to our attempts to understand vanished societies. Through the remains of funerary rituals we learn not only about prehistoric people's attitudes toward death and the afterlife but also about their culture, social system, and world view. This ambitious book reviews the latest research in this huge and important field and describes the sometimes controversial interpretations that have led to our understanding of life and death in the distant past. Mike Parker Pearson draws on case studies from different periods and locations throughout the world--the Paleolithic in Europe and the Near East, the Mesolithic in northern Europe, and the Iron Age in Asia and Europe. He also uses evidence from precontact North America, ancient Egypt, and Madagascar, as well as from the Neolithic and Bronze Age in Britain and Europe, to reconstruct vivid pictures of both ancient and not so ancient funerary rituals. He describes the political and ethical controversies surrounding human remains and the problems of reburial, looting, and war crimes. The Archaeology of Death and Burial provides a unique overview and synthesis of one of the most revealing fields of research into the past, which creates a context for several of archaeology's most breathtaking discoveries--from Tutankhamen to the Ice Man. This volume will find an avid audience among archaeologists, anthropologists, historians, and others who have a professional interest in, or general curiosity about, death and burial.

Short notices

The Cloister and the World: Essays in Medieval History in Honour of Barbara Harvey. Edited by John Blair and Brian Golding. The Ordering of Time: From the Ancient Computus to the Modern Computer. By Arno Borst. Peuples au Moyen Age: Problèmes d'identification. By Claude Carozzi and Huguette Taviani‐Carozzi. Carausius and Allectus: The British Usurpers. By P. J. Casey. Venantius Fortunatus: Personal and Political Poems. Translated by Judith George. Early Medieval Cemeteries: An Introduction to Burial Archaeology in the Post‐Roman West. By Guy Halsall.

Burial Archaeology: Current Research, Methods and Developments. By Charlotte A. Roberts, Frances Lee, and John Bintliff.

Previous articleNext article No AccessBook ReviewsBurial Archaeology: Current Research, Methods and Developments. By Charlotte A. Roberts, Frances Lee, and John Bintliff.Brenda J. BakerBrenda J. Baker Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by American Journal of Archaeology Volume 96, Number 1January 1992 The journal of the Archaeological Institute of America Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2307/505766 Copyright © 1992 by the Archaeological Institute of America. All rights reserved.PDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.

Burial archaeology: Current research, methods and developments. Edited by Charlotte A. Roberts, Frances Lee, and John Bintliff. B.A.R. British Series 211. 1989. 293 pp. (npg)

Burial archaeology: Current research, methods and developments. Edited by Charlotte A. Roberts, Frances Lee, and John Bintliff. B.A.R. British Series 211. 1989. 293 pp. (npg)

Attitudes toward Death in Archaic Greece

W AS THERE A SIGNIFICANT SHIFT in toward in Archaic Greece? In this paper, I argue both yes and no, according to how attitudes toward death is defined. My thesis is a reply to two important articles by Christiane Sourvinou Inwood. Dr. Sourvinou-Inwood claims that the rise of the polis affected mentali ties within the intellectual elite, and that began to be feared more after 700 B.C. She further suggests that the changes identified by Philippe Aries in eleventh to twelfth-century-A.D. France provide a useful analogy for Archaic Greece.' Her case has far-reaching consequences: if the Greeks had to any extent anticipated Western developments by two millennia, much thinking about the history of would be challenged, and the theoretical basis for the archaeology of burials would crumble. The argument also raises serious questions about the possibility of intellectualist interpretations of archaeological evidence.2 The question, then, is of interest even beyond the field of Greek religious history.

On Burial Practices and Archaeology: Reply to Hausler

On Burial Practices and Archaeology: Reply to Hausler