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

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by Elizabeth O'Brien

    • Author

      Elizabeth O'Brien

    • Book Format

      Hardcover

    • Publisher

      Four Courts Press

    • Published

      April 2021

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

      Today's Price £103.85

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      Product Description

      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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      • Author/Creator: Elizabeth O'Brien

      • ISBN: 9781846828591

      • Publisher: Four Courts Press

      • Release Date: April 2021

      • Weight: 940g

      • Dimensions: 17.8 x 24.2 x 3.1 cm

      • Eden Code: 5219685

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