Archaeologies of Remembrance Death and Memory in Past Societies
How did past communities and individuals remember through social and ritual practices? How important were mortuary practices in processes of remembering and forgetting the past? This innovative new research work focuses upon identifying strategies of reme
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Archaeologies of Remembrance Death and Memory in Past Societies Edited by
Howard Williams Cardiff University Cardiff, Wales, UK
Springer Science+Business Media, LLC
Library of Congrc" Cataloging-in-Publication Data Archaeologies of rememhrancc: death and memory in pa,t societies/cdited by Howard Williams. p. cm. Papers from a conference ,e"iLln of thc Thcllrctical Archacology Group conferencc held in Oecember 2000 al St. Catherin\ C:ollcgc. Oxford. Includes bibliographical refcrenccs and indc:>.. ISBN 978-1-4613-4845-0 ISBN 978-1-4419-9222-2 (eBLlLlk) 00110.1007/978-1-4419-9222-2 1. Funeral rite, and ceremonie". Ancient-Congrc"c". 2. Ocath-Social aspects-History-Collgresses. l. Memory-Social aspects-History-Congresses. 4. Material culture-Congresses. .'i. Social archacology--Congresscs. o. Civilization. Ancient-Congrcsscs. 1. Williams. Howard. 11.)72Gnl70 .A73 200J 31.)3' .1.)-dc21 2002040597
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Contributors
Vicki Cummings, Research Associate, School of History and Archaeology, Cardiff Un iversity, P.O. Box 909 , Cardiff, CFIO 3XU, Wales, UK . Hella Eckardt, School of Archaeology & Ancient History, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE I 7RH , UK. Bonnie Effros, Associate Professor, Department of History, State University of New York, Binghamton, NY 13902 , USA. Chris Fowler, Leverhulme Special Research Fellow , School of Art History and Archaeology, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M 13 9PL, UK. Cornelius Holtorf, Riksantikvarieambetet, Kunskapsavdelningen, Box 5405, SE-114 84 Stockholm, Sweden. Valerie M. Hope, Lecturer, Department of Classical Studies, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK. Andrew Jones, Lecturer in Archaeology, Department of Archaeology, University of Southampton, SO I 7 I BF , UK . Gareth Longden, Lecturer in Archaeology, School of Archaeology, Trinity College Carmarthen, SA31 3EP, Wales, UK .
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Contributors
David Petts, ' Keys to the Past' Project Officer, Conservation Team, Environment Directorate, Northumberland County Council, County Hall, Morpeth, Northumberland NE6l 2EF , UK . Victoria Thompson, 18A Highway Crescent, London N5 IRX, UK . Howard Williams, Lecturer in Archaeology, School of History and Archaeology, Cardiff University, P.O. Box 909 , Cardiff CFIO 3XU, Wales, UK . Mike Williams, Pear Tree Cottage, 2 Castle Road, Lavendon, Olney, Buckinghamshire, MK46 4JD, UK.
Preface
This volume sets out to explore rela
