Burial, society and context in the Roman world /
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| Imprint: | Oxford : Oxbow, ©2000. |
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| Description: | xxiv, 272 pages : illustrations, maps ; 30 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4432777 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface / M. Millett
- 1. Burial, society and context in the provincial Roman world / J. Pearce
- 2. Ritual, sequence, and structure in Late Iron Age mortuary practices in north-west Europe / A. P. Fitzpatrick
- 3. Reconstructing funerary rituals: the evidence of ustrina and related archaeological structures / M. Polfer
- 4. Phoenix rising: aspects of cremation in Roman Britain / J. McKinley
- 5. Functional and conceptual archaeobotanical data from Roman cremations / A. Kreuz
- 6. Pottery assemblages in Gallo-Roman cemeteries / M. Tuffreau-Libre
- 7. Mors immatura in the Roman world - a mirror of society and tradition / S. Martin-Kilcher
- 8. Portrait figures on sepulchral altars of Roman liberti: evidence of Romanization or assimilation of attributes characterizing higher social strata? / D. Dexheimer
- 9. High status burials in Roman Britain (1st-3rd centuries A.D.) - potential of interpretation / M. Struck
- 10. Funerary rites in Verulamium during the early Roman period / R. Niblett
- 11. Biology and burial practices from the end of the first century A.D. to the beginning of the fifth century A.D.: the rural necropolis of Chantambre (Essonne, France) / P. Murail and L. Girard
- 12. A Roman cemetery in the eastern Civitas Treverorum. Preliminary report on the Excavations in Wadern-Oberlostern in Northwest Saarland (Germany) / A. Abegg-Wigg
- 13. A elite funerary enclosure in the centre of the villa of Biberist-Spitalhof (Switzerland) - a case study / C. Schucany
- 14. Putting the dead in their place: burial location in Roman Britain / S. Esmonde Cleary
- 15. Continuity of prehistoric burial sites in the Roman landscape of Sandy Flanders / F. Vermeulen and J. Bourgeois
- 16. The living and the dead: approaches to landscape around Lyons / L. Tranoy
- 17. Burial in Asia Minor during the Imperial period, with particular reference to Cilicia and Cappadocia / M. Spanu
- 18. Early Roman graves in southern Bavaria: a review / P. Fasold
- 19. Early Roman graves in Cologne / M. Riedel
- 20. Connection between funerary rites and ethnic groups in the cemeteries of north-eastern Pannonia / J. Topal
- 21. Romanization and ethnic elements in burial practice in the southern part of Pannonia Inferior and Moesia Superior / A. Jovanovic
- 22. Putting Late Roman burial practice (from Britain) in context / L. Quensel-von-Kalben
- 23. Gender imbalances in Romano-British cemetery populations: a re-evaluation of the evidence / C. Davison
- 24. Glass vessels as grave goods and grave ornaments in the catacombs of Rome / P. De Santis
- 25. Clothing in burial practice in Italy in the early Christian period / R. Martorelli
- 26. Amulet and grave in Late Antiquity: some examples from Roman cemeteries / D. Nuzzo
- 27. Funerary equipment from the circiforme basilica by the Via Ardeatina, Rome / P. del Moro
- 28. Intra-mural burials at Rome between the 5th and 7th centuries A.D. / R. Meneghini and R. Santangeli Valenzani
- Afterword / R. Reece.