ISBN10: 030648076X, ISBN13: 9780306480768, [publisher: Springer] Softcover
[Bayonne, NJ, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2003]
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ISBN10: 030648076X, ISBN13: 9780306480768, [publisher: New York, NY : Springer] Softcover First Edition Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 274 pp. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; 1. Introduction -- 1. A Brief History Historical Mortuary Archaeology -- 2. THeoretical Approaches -- 3. Summary -- 2. Folk Traditions And High Culture: Funerary And Commemorative Practice To The Early 18Th Century -- 1. Death -- 2. The Funeral -- 3. Burial Grounds -- 4. Internal Memorials -- 5. External Memorials -- 6. Conclusions -- 3. A Maturing Industry: The Mid-18Th Century To Early 20Th Century -- 1. The Funeral -- 2. Mourning -- 3. Commemoration -- 4. Burial Grounds And Cemeteries -- 5. INTERNAL MEMORIALS -- 6. External Memorials -- 7. Decoration And Symbols -- 8. Text -- 9. Conclusions -- 4. A Marginalized Activity: From After World War I -- 1. The Funeral -- 2. Mourning -- 3. Commemoration -- 4. Burial Grounds And Cemeteries -- 5. Internal Memorials -- 6. External Memorials -- 7. Conclusions -- 5. Production And Consumption -- 1. Funerary And Mourning Paraphernalia -- 2. Commemoration -- 3. Temporal Change -- 4. Spatial Change -- 5. Conclusions -- 6. Social Structures -- 1. The Relationship Between Living Communities And Burial Ground Populations -- 2. Status -- 3. Family Structures -- 4. Institutional Structures -- 5. Patterns Of Dependency -- ...

New York, NY : Springer, Date: 2004. 1st edition. Softcover. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 274 pp. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; 1. Introduction -- 1. A Brief History Historical Mortuary Archaeology -- 2. THeoretical Approaches -- 3. Summary -- 2. Folk Traditions And High Culture: Funerary And Commemorative Practice To The Early 18Th Century -- 1. Death -- 2. The Funeral -- 3. Burial Grounds -- 4. Internal Memorials -- 5. External Memorials -- 6. Conclusions -- 3. A Maturing Industry: The Mid-18Th Century To Early 20Th Century -- 1. The Funeral -- 2. Mourning -- 3. Commemoration -- 4. Burial Grounds And Cemeteries -- 5. INTERNAL MEMORIALS -- 6. External Memorials -- 7. Decoration And Symbols -- 8. Text -- 9. Conclusions -- 4. A Marginalized Activity: From After World War I -- 1. The Funeral -- 2. Mourning -- 3. Commemoration -- 4. Burial Grounds And Cemeteries -- 5. Internal Memorials -- 6. External Memorials -- 7. Conclusions -- 5. Production And Consumption -- 1. Funerary And Mourning Paraphernalia -- 2. Commemoration -- 3. Temporal Change -- 4. Spatial Change -- 5. Conclusions -- 6. Social Structures -- 1. The Relationship Between Living Communities And Burial Ground Populations -- 2. Status -- 3. Family Structures -- 4. Institutional Structures -- 5. Patterns Of Dependency -- 6. Social Hierarchies -- 7. Necrogeography -- 8. ...