Overview

Early Anglo-Saxon cemeteries are known for their grave goods, but this abundance obscures their interest as the creations of pluralistic, multi-generational communities. This book explores over one hundred early Anglo-Saxon and Merovingian cemeteries, using a multi-dimensional methodology to move beyond artefacts. It offers an alternative way to explore the horizontal organisation of cemeteries from a holistically focused perspective. The physical communication of digging a grave and laying out a body was used to negotiate the arrangement of a cemetery and to construct family and community stories. This approach foregrounds community, because people used and reused cemetery spaces to emphasise different characteristics of the deceased, based on their own attitudes, lifeways and live experiences. This book will appeal to scholars of Anglo-Saxon studies and will be of value to archaeologists interested in mortuary spaces, communities and social archaeology. -- .

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Author:   Duncan Sayer
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
Imprint:   Manchester University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.649kg
ISBN:  

9781526135568

ISBN 10:   1526135566
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   24 November 2020
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1 Negotiating early Anglo-Saxon cemetery space 2 The syntax of cemetery space 3 Mortuary metre 4 The grammar of graves 5 Intonation on the individual 6 Early Anglo-Saxon community Afterword Index -- .

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'This is an absolute must read for anyone interested in funerary archaeology, especially for those interested in the early medieval period.' Current Archaeology -- .

Author Information

Duncan Sayer is Professor of Archaeology at the University of Central Lancashire

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