Burying the dead : an archaeological history of burial grounds, graveyards and cemeteries / Lorraine...
Burying the dead : an archaeological history of burial grounds, graveyards and cemeteries / Lorraine...
Burying the dead : an archaeological history of burial grounds, graveyards and cemeteries / Lorraine Evans.
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Publisher
Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword History, an imprint of Pen & Sword books, LTD., 2020.
Call Numbers
G 2021/0546
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Language
English
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Physical content
xii, 198 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
The Pagan way -- Piety and power -- The deviant ones -- They died in heaps -- A watery grave -- Boneyards of steel -- The return of the cemetery -- Lest we forget -- Thinking outside the box.
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Publisher
Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword History, an imprint of Pen & Sword books, LTD., 2020.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2020.
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Summary
Deep in the heart of North Yorkshire, at a place called Walkington Wold, there lies a rather unusual burial ground, an Anglo-Saxon execution cemetery. Twelve skeletons were unearthed by archaeologists, ten without skulls, later examination of the skeletons revealed that their owners were all subjected to judicial execution by decapitation, one of w...
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Burying the dead : an archaeological history of burial grounds, graveyards and cemeteries / Lorraine Evans.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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©2020
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Call Numbers
G 2021/0546
Record Identifier
74VKaRPVZ54Z
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaRPVZ54Z
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ISBN
1526706679
9781526706676
DDC
393.0902
MMS ID
991024389970502626
