Death had an important and pervasive presence in the middle ages. It was a theme in
medieval public life, finding expression both in literature and art. The beliefs and procedures …

Perceptions of the Prehistoric in Anglo-Saxon England represents an unparalleled
exploration of the place of prehistoric monuments in the Anglo-Saxon psyche, and examines …

Recent research on both old and new excavation data from Anglo‐Saxon burial sites
reveals a widespread and frequent practice of reusing monuments of earlier periods. Both …

Objectives Inca imperial strategies of political and territorial expansion varied across
conquered regions depending on local ecology and cultural resistance, and Chachapoya …

This book brings together the cumulative results of a three-year project focused on the
assemblies and administrative systems of Scandinavia, Britain, and the North Atlantic …

For the purposes of the studies included in this book, Wessex is defined (Figs 1 and 2) as
Somerset east of the River Parrett (for a discussion of the significance of this river as a major …

This article presents site reuse in the cremation cemeteries under level ground, one of the
dominant burial forms in Finland and Estonia during Middle and Late Iron Age (AD 450 …

THE EMERGENCE OF FORMAL CEMETERIES is one of the most significant
transformations in the landscapes of 1st millennium ad Scotland. In eastern and northern …

Burials, borders and boundaries are themes much pursued in early medieval research.
Barrow burials, in particular, have been suggested as markers or 'sentinel graves'; funerary …

The perception of and interaction with ancient relics in past societies has been intensively
debated in the archaeology of north-western Europe. This paper aims to make a contribution …