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Am Rande des Grabs: Todeskonzepte Und Bestattungsritual in Der Frühmittelalterlichen Alamannia
Barbara Hausmair
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paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages, 93 black/white & 7 full colour images. BIC Classification: HBLC1; HDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
The original circumstances in which archaeological remains came into being are crucial for the interpretation of the material record. Burials are first and foremost a result of a very traumatic event in a society – the death of one of its members. It is due to this context that burials represent a primary source for understanding past societies’ attitudes towards death.
Barbara Hausmair traces death concepts and their influence on mortuary rituals in early medieval communities in what is today known as southwest Germany. Using the cemeteries of Bad Mingolsheim, Horb-Altheim and Weingarten as case studies, the author compares ... Read more
The original circumstances in which archaeological remains came into being are crucial for the interpretation of the material record. Burials are first and foremost a result of a very traumatic event in a society – the death of one of its members. It is due to this context that burials represent a primary source for understanding past societies’ attitudes towards death.
Barbara Hausmair traces death concepts and their influence on mortuary rituals in early medieval communities in what is today known as southwest Germany. Using the cemeteries of Bad Mingolsheim, Horb-Altheim and Weingarten as case studies, the author compares ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Sidestone Press Netherlands
Language
German
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
Number of Pages
250
Place of Publication
Leiden, Netherlands
ISBN
9789088902956
SKU
V9789088902956
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