Merovingian Mortuary Archaeology and the Making of the Early Middle Ages
Bonnie Effros.
Bok Engelsk 2003 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Berkeley : : University of California Press, , c2003.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (291 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; INTRODUCTION; 1. ANTIQUARIES, HISTORIANS, AND ARCHAEOLOGISTS: CREATING A CULTURAL CONTEXT FOR EARLY MEDIEVAL GRAVES; 2. MODERN ASSESSMENTS OF MEROVINGIAN BURIAL; 3. GRAVE GOODS AND THE RITUAL EXPRESSION OF IDENTITY; 4. THE VISUAL LANDSCAPE: CEMETERIAL TOPOGRAPHY AND COMMUNITY HIERARCHY; EPILOGUE; Select Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z. - Clothing, jewelry, animal remains, ceramics, coins, and weaponry are among the artifacts that have been discovered in graves in Gaul dating from the fifth to eighth century. Those who have unearthed them, from the middle ages to the present, have speculated widely on their meaning. This authoritative book makes a major contribution to the study of death and burial in late antique and early medieval society with its long overdue systematic discussion of this mortuary evidence. Tracing the history of Merovingian archaeology within its cultural and intellectual context for the first time, Effros
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| Emner | France - History
Funeral rites and ceremonies - Gaul Gaul - Antiquities Gaul - Social life ande customs Vis mer... Merovingians - Funeral rites and ceremonies
Arkeologi Gallia Gravfunn Gravskikker Merovingertiden Frankrike Gallia merovingertid gravskikker seremonier |
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| ISBN | 0520232445
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