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The Significance of Form and Decoration of Anglo-Saxon Cremation Urns
J. D. Richards
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Front Cover
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Copyright
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Table of Contents
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Acknowledgments
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Opening Quotation
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PART 1 THEORY
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1.1 The archaeology of death
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1.2 Anglo-Saxon cemetery studies
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1.3 Artefact typology
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1.4 The study of Anglo-Saxon pottery
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1.5 Towards an understanding of Anglo-Saxon cremation vessels
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PART 2 METHODOLOGY
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2.1 The research data base
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2.2 The research programme
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PART 3 RESULTS
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3.1 Inter-site comparison
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3.2 The significance of grave-goods
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3.3 The significance of vessel form
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3.4 The significance of vessel decoration
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PART 4 CONCLUSIONS
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4.1 Summary of results
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4.2 Variability in Anglo-Saxon cremation vessels
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4.3 Implications for Anglo-Saxon mortuary ritual
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4.4 Problems and potential for future work
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
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APPENDICES
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Published: 1987
Publisher: BAR Publishing
- 9781407317816 (ebook)
- 9780860544395 (paperback)
BAR Number: B166
- Craft working (general titles, bone, glass, textiles, etc.)
- Identity / Gender / Childhood / Ethnicity / Romanization
- Rock-Art / Semiotics
- Ceramics and Pottery Studies
- Art / Sculpture / Gems / Seals
- Theory and Method (general titles)
- Migration Period, Early Medieval and Medieval
- Death / Burial / Cemeteries / Tombs
- Western Europe and Britain
- Ritual / Religion / Temples
- British Isles