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Bereavement and Commemoration: An Archaeology of Mortality
Sarah Tarlow
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Description for Bereavement and Commemoration: An Archaeology of Mortality
Paperback. * Provides an introduction to the study of death and remembrance in the past. * Focuses not only on material culture but also on theories of emotion and experience in the context of death. * Includes insights from outside archaeology, drawing on literary and historical sources. . Series: Social Archaeology. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3J; HBTB; HD; JHBT; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 330.
This book provides an historical archaeology of death, burial and bereavement from the Reformation to the present.
This book provides an historical archaeology of death, burial and bereavement from the Reformation to the present.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Series
Social Archaeology
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780631206149
SKU
V9780631206149
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99-50
About Sarah Tarlow
Sarah Tarlow is a Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Wales, Lampeter, where she teaches courses in the archaeology of death, later historical periods and aspects of archaeological method and theory. Since receiving her PhD in archaeology from Cambridge University, she has published articles on the later historical archaeology of Britain and on the archaeology of death. Her current ... Read more
Reviews for Bereavement and Commemoration: An Archaeology of Mortality
"An interesting and informative work." Choice "This is a thoughtful study that attempts to deal with subjects of major import ... no one will come away from this book without new ideas and perceptions about the nature of bereavement, how it is commemorated through material culture and how these objects have been interpreted." Times Higher Education Supplement ... Read more