Overview
Henri Duday is Director of Research for CNRS at the University of Bordeaux. The Archaeology of the Dead is based on an intensive specialist course in burial archaeology given by Duday in Rome in November 2004. The primary aim of the project was to contribute to the development of common procedures for excavation, data collection and study of Roman cemeteries of the imperial period. Translated into English by Anna Maria Cipriani and John Pearce, this book looks at the way in which the analysis of skeletons can allow us to re-discover the lives of people who came before us and inform us of their view of death. Duday throughly examines the means at our disposal to allow the dead to speak, as well as identifying the pitfalls that may deceive us.
Full Product Details
Author: Henri Duday ,
Anna Maria Cipriani ,
John Pearce
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Volume: 3
Dimensions:
Width: 16.80cm
, Height: 1.00cm
, Length: 23.90cm
Weight: 0.408kg
ISBN: 9781842173565
ISBN 10: 1842173561
Pages: 230
Publication Date: 01 December 2009
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Duday is particularly good on putrefaction and on ascertaining what may be due to natural processes of decay and what may be due to human agency. All this is conveyed through a series of case studies, abundantly illustrated in monochrome photographs and excellent line drawings, which take the reader from simple individual primary inhumations to increasingly complex cases.' -- Madeleine Hummler Antiquity Vol. 84, 2010 This publication and translation into English makes this important work more readily accessible for an even larger readership than it has had up until now.' -- Liv Nilsson Stutz Cambridge Archaeological Journal Vol. 20, No. 3, 2010
This publication and translation into English makes this important work more readily accessible for an even larger readership than it has had up until now.'--Liv Nilsson Stutz Cambridge Archaeological Journal, vol 20, No. 3 (01/01/2010)
Author Information
John Pearce is Senior Lecturer in Archaeology at King's College, London. His research interests lie in Roman archaeology, especially Italy and the provinces of north-western Europe with particular emphasis on funerary evidence as a source for understanding Roman society, including commemorative memorials, burial rituals and the remains of the dead themselves.
