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Mapping Death: Burial in Late Iron Age and Early Medieval Ireland

by Elizabeth O'Brien

  • Hardback
  • Publisher: Four Courts Press
  • 17.8 x 24.2 x 3.1 cm

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Burial rites and associated events can provide a unique insight into the attitudes and beliefs of diverse communities at any given moment in time. This book--the outcome of forty years of research--takes an interdisciplinary approach to burial practices in Ireland in order to interpret and to chart the development of burial rites as they appear in the archaeological record of the late Iron Age (c.200 BC-AD 300) and early medieval period (c.AD 400-800). Sources used include archaeological excavation evidence, c14 (radiocarbon) dating evidence, strontium and oxygen isotope evidence for movement of peoples, and osteo-archaeological evidence. This is combined with a careful and discerning examination of references to death, burial, and associated events that appear in Irish hagiography, penitentials, laws, and canons compiled during the seventh and eighth centuries. Topics covered include: the transition from cremation to inhumation, re-use of ancient ancestral burial places, occasional use of grave-goods, funeral feasts, atypical or deviant burials, mobility of people within and into Ireland, the exceptional burials of some women, the cessation of burial of Christians among their ancestors, and burial in early Church cemeteries.
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  • Author

    Elizabeth O'Brien

  • Book Format

    Hardcover

  • Publisher

    Four Courts Press

  • Published

    April 2021

  • Weight

    940g

  • Dimensions

    17.8 x 24.2 x 3.1 cm

  • ISBN

    9781846828591

  • ISBN-10

    1846828597

  • Eden Code

    5219685

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