The Archaeology of Death in Post-medieval Europe

• Autor principal: Tarlow, Sarah (auth)
• Formato: Electrónico Capítulo de libro
• Lenguaje: inglés
• Publicado: De Gruyter 2015
• Materias: Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700; Archaeology; Post-medieval Europe; Death and Burial; Burial Customs; Cemeteries; Funeral Practices
• Acceso en línea: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Historical burial grounds are an enormous archaeological resource and have the potential to inform studies not only of demography or the history of disease and mortality, but also histories of the body, of religious and other beliefs about death, of changing social relationships, values and aspirati...