Oxbow Advent Calendar 2022 – Day 17

December 17, 2022 | lstead | Oxbow Advent

Funerary Archaeology

Can you believe there’s only a week left in our Oxbow Advent? But never fear, the end is something just a new beginning. Check out these Funerary Archaeology books for our Day 17 reveal!

Use code ADVENT17 when shopping at Casemate Academic to get 50% off these five books. This code is valid for today only, offer ending midnight.

"And So the Tomb Remained"

"And So the Tomb Remained"

Exploring Archaeology and Forensic Science within Connecticut's Historical Family Mausolea

Nick Bellantoni

Tells the stories of the investigations into five 18th/19th century family tombs.

9781789255027

Paperback

192 Pages

Grave Disturbances

Grave Disturbances

The Archaeology of Post-depositional Interactions with the Dead

Edeltraud Aspöck, Alison Klevnäs, Nils Müller-Scheeßel

Examines the post-depositional interactions of past humans.

9781789254426

Hardcover

256 Pages

Death and Changing Rituals

Death and Changing Rituals

Function and meaning in ancient funerary practices

J. Rasmus Brandt, Håkon Roland, Marina Prusac

Examines key themes about belief and ritual, body and deposition, place, performance and commemoration.

9781789253818

Paperback

480 Pages

The Archaeology of Cremation

The Archaeology of Cremation

Burned Human Remains in Funerary Studies

Tim Thompson

First comprehensive study of the processes, ritual and practices involved in the cremation of human bodies.

9781782978480

Paperback

256 Pages

Towards a Social Bioarchaeology of the Mycenaean Period

Towards a Social Bioarchaeology of the Mycenaean Period

A biocultural analysis of human remains from the Voudeni cemetery, Achaea, Greece

Ioanna Moutafi

Investigates the complex relationship between Mycenaean funerary treatment and wider social dynamics.

9781789254822

Paperback

328 Pages