Burial, Society and Context in the Roman World (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781842170342)

Although a large number of cemeteries have been explored in Roman Britain they have never been seen as central to the study of the province. This collection of twenty-eight papers, from a symposium held at the University of Durham in 1997, explores different approaches to examine the contribution that cemeteries can make to our wider understanding of Roman society. The papers are grouped under five headings: The reconstruction of mortuary rituals; Burial and social status; The dead in the landscape; Burial and ethnicity and society; Religion and Burial in late Roman Britain and Italy.

Author: John Pearce,Martin Millett,Manuela Struck
ISBN-10: 1842170341
ISBN-13: 9781842170342
Publisher: Oxbow Books Limited
Language: English
Published: 11/11/2015
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.16lbs
Size: 11.86h x 8.26w x 0.69d