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THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF DEATH IN POST-MEDIEVAL EUROP...

Historical burial grounds are an enormous archaeological resource and have the potential to
inform studies not only of demography or the history of disease and mortality  but also
histories of the body  of religious and other beliefs about death  of changing social
relationships  values and aspirations. In the last decades  the intensive urban development and
a widespread legal requirement to undertake archaeological excavation of historical sites has
led to a massive increase in the number of post-medieval graveyards and burial places that have
been subjected to archaeological investigation. The archaeology of the more recent periods 
which are comparatively well documented  is no less interesting and important an area of study
than prehistoric periods. This volume offers a range of case studies and reflections on aspects
of death and burial in post-medieval Europe. Looking at burial goods  the spatial aspects of
cemetery organisation and the way that the living interact with the dead  contributors who have
worked on sites from Central  North and West Europe present some of their evidence and ideas.
The coherence of the volume is maintained by a substantial integrative introduction by the
editor  Professor Sarah Tarlow. This book is a 'first' and a necessary one. It is an exciting
and far-ranging collection of studies on post-medieval burial practice across Europe that will
most certainly be used extensively Professor Howard Williams

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