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By Eileen M. Murphy

ISBN-10: 1842173383

ISBN-13: 9781842173381

This edited quantity comprises twelve papers that current proof on non-normative burial practices from the Neolithic via to Post-Medieval classes and contains case reviews from a few ten international locations. It has lengthy been recognized through archaeologists that yes members in quite a few archaeological cultures from various classes and destinations were accorded differential therapy in burial relative to different individuals in their society. those members can contain criminals, girls who died in the course of childbirth, unbaptised babies, individuals with disabilities, and meant revenants, to call yet a number of. Such burials might be identifiable within the archaeological list from an exam of the positioning and exterior features of the grave website. moreover, the placement of the physique as well as its organization with strange grave items could be a additional function of odd burials. the inducement in the back of such non-normative burial practices can be assorted and will be regarding a wide selection of social and spiritual ideals. it's envisaged that the quantity will make an important contribution in the direction of our knowing of the complexities concerned while facing non-normative burials within the archaeological record.

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