Taken to the grave. An archaeozoological approach assessing the role of animals as crematory offerings in first millennium AD Britain.

Taken to the grave. An archaeozoological approach assessing the role of animals as crematory offerings in first millennium AD Britain.

The crematory funerary rites practiced by those living in parts of mainland Britain during the first millennium AD included burning complete or parts of animals on the pyre. This thesis highlights the potential for archaeozoological analysis of faunal pyre goods using assemblages from the first m...

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Main Author: Worley, Fay L.
Other Authors: Bond, Julie M.
Language:en
Published: University of Bradford 2010
Subjects:
Anglo-Saxon Britain
Animal bones
Archaeology
Cremation
Grave goods
Iron Age Britain
Roman
Taphonomy
Crematory funerary rites
Faunal pyre
Archaeozoological analysis
Romano-British funerary practice
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10454/4282

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