The Archaeology of Death and Burial by Mike Parker Pearson
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'Somewhere along the banks of the River Volga in Russia there is a large earthen mound...' so begins this intriguing book. Mike Parker Pearson provides a unique study of attitudes to death and the afterlife in their social and everyday context. Taking case studies from many different periods and locations throughout the world - including the palaeolithic in Europe and the Near East, the Mesolithic in northern Europe, Iron Age Asia and Europe, precontact North America, ancient Egypt, Madagascar, Neolithic and Bronze Age Britain - the author explores the ethnoarchaeology of death, different body treatment and funerary practices, status, rank and power, places for the dead, the human experience and politics of death. A diverse and interesting study covering much ground and raising important theoretical debates.
..an extremely impressive volume which will be the leader in the field - Prof Ian Hodder. 250p, b/w figs (Sutton 1999)
Paperback 256 pages (2 June, 2003) Sutton Publishing; ISBN: 0750932767