Title Burial, society and context in the Roman world / edited by J. Pearce, M. Millett and M. Struck
Publication Info Oxford : Oxbow, c2001
Location Call Number Status
 Offsite  GT3170 .B87 2001    REQUESTABLE
 Onassis Library  GT3170 .B87 2001    DEPARTMENT USE ONLY
Description xxiv, 272 p. : ill., maps, plans ; 30 cm
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes English with abstracts in English, German, and French
Subjects Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient -- Rome -- History
Burial -- Rome -- History
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Rome
Rome -- Social life and customs.
Rome -- Antiquities.
Additional Authors Pearce, John, 1969-
Millett, Martin.
Struck, Manuela.
ISBN 1842170341
OCLC 48516000