The spindle and the spear : a critical enquiry into the construction and meaning of gender in the early Anglo-Saxon burial rite /

The spindle and the spear : a critical enquiry into the construction and meaning of gender in the early Anglo-Saxon burial rite /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Stoodley, Nick.
Imprint:	Oxford, Eng. : British Archeological Reports, 1999.
Description:	ix, 251 p. : ill., maps ; 30 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	BAR British series 288
Subject:	Funeral rites and ceremonies -- England. Excavations (Archaeology) -- England. Anglo-Saxons -- Antiquities. Sex role -- England. Anglo-Saxons -- Antiquities. Excavations (Archaeology) Funeral rites and ceremonies. Sex role. Great Britain -- Antiquities England -- Antiquities, Saxon. England.
Format:	Dissertations Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4184379

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ISBN:	1841711179 (pbk.)
Notes:	Thesis (Ph. D.) Apr 1997. Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-251)

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. Grave goods and sex
3. Grave construction and sex
4. Engendering early Anglo-Saxon mortuary practice
5. Wealth, status and gender
6. The lifecycle and gender
7. Lifestyles and gender
8. Community and gender
9. Conclusions.