The Archaeology of Death in Post-medieval Europe.

This volume offers a range of case studies and reflections on aspects of death and burial in post-medieval Europe.

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Main Author: Tarlow, Sarah
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Language:English
Published: Warschau/Berlin : De Gruyter, 2015.
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505 0 |a 1 Introduction: Death and Burial in Post-medieval Europe -- 1.1 Problems We Share -- 1.2 Aspirations we Share: The Value and Potential of Post-medieval Mortuary Archaeology -- 1.3 Health and Demography -- 1.4 Social Meanings -- 1.5 Politics, Ethics and Anxieties in the Treatment of the Post-medieval Dead -- 1.6 Challenges for the Future -- 1.6.1 Relevance -- 1.6.2 An End to Uncontrolled Data Collection -- 1.6.3 Safeguarding, Recording, Preserving -- 1.6.4 Working with Communities -- 1.6.5 Engagement with other Subdisciplines -- 1.7 This Volume -- References -- 2 The Human Body as Material Culture -- Linköping Cathedral Churchyard in the Early Modern Period -- Introduction -- 2.1 Previous Research -- 2.2 The Cemetery as a Social Arena -- 2.3 The Grave and the Individual -- 2.4 Into an Early Modern Culture? -- 2.5 Conclusions -- References -- 3 Approaches to Post-medieval Burial in England: Past and Present -- Introduction -- 3.1 Archaeological Context -- 3.2 Logistical and Ethical Issues -- 3.3 Review of Selected Projects -- 3.3.1 Christ Church, Spitalfields, London -- 3.3.2 St Nicholas' Church Sevenoaks, Kent -- 3.3.3 St Bartholomew's Church, Penn, Wolverhampton -- 3.3.4 St Luke's Church, Old Street, Islington, London -- 3.3.5 Royal Hospital, Greenwich, London -- 3.3.6 St George's Church, Bloomsbury, London -- 3.3.7 St Pancras Old Church Burial Ground -- 3.3.8 New Bunhills Burial Ground, Southwark, London -- 3.4 Advisory Bodies, Guidelines and Research Agendas -- 3.4.1 APABE (Advisory Panel on Archaeological Burial Grounds in England) -- 3.4.2 Archaeology of Burial Vaults (ADCA 2010) -- 3.4.3 Sampling Large Burial Grounds -- 3.4.4 Research Agendas -- 3.5 Final Thoughts -- References -- 4 The Impact of Epidemics on Funerary Practices in Modern France (16th -- 18th Centuries) -- 4.1 Mortality during the Modern Period. 
505 8 |a 4.1.1 Ordinary Mortality -- 4.1.2 Extraordinary Mortality -- 4.2 Documented Sites -- 4.2.1 Fédons Cemetery at Lambesc (Gard) -- 4.2.2 The Cemetery at Saint Catherine's Hospice at Verdun (Meuse) -- 4.2.3 The Hospital Cemetery of the Hospitaliers of Saint John of Jerusalem at Epinal -- 4.2.4 The Cemetery on the Island of Saint Louis in Boulogne-sur-Mer -- 4.2.5 The Parish Cemetery at Issoudun (Indre) -- 4.3 Overview of Funerary Practices -- 4.4 The Transmission of Illnesses -- 4.5 The Urban and Rural Environments: How was Mortality Dealt with During Epidemics? -- 4.6 The Memory of Crisis Episodes -- 4.7 Conclusion -- References -- 5 The Co-Existence of Two Traditions in the Territory of Present-Day Latvia in the 13th-18th Centuri -- Introduction -- 5.1 The Christianisation of Latvia and Changes in the Form of Burial -- 5.2 Burial in Dress and with Grave Goods -- 5.3 Cultural Aspects of the Burial Customs -- 5.4 Conclusions -- References -- 6 Fashioning Death: Clothing, Memory and Identity in 16th Century Swedish Funerary Practice -- Introduction -- 6.1 Remembering the King -- 6.2 Brides for a King -- References -- 7 Tradition-based Concepts of Death, Burial and Afterlife: A Case from Orthodox Setomaa, South-Eas -- Introduction -- 7.1 Funeral Rites and Burial in Estonia -- Archaeology, Folklore and Living Practices -- 7.2 Setomaa -the Case Study -- 7.3 The Person and the Meetings -- 7.4 Grave Goods, Clothing and Footwear -- 7.5 The Cemetery and Meals on the Graves -- 7.6 Meeting the Departed -- 7.7 The World Beyond -- 7.8 Factors Forming the Afterlife -- 7.9 Discussion and Conclusions -- 7.10 Epilogue: The Departure -- References -- 8 Religion, Status and Taboo. Changing Funeral Rites in Catholic and Protestant Germany -- Introduction -- 8.1 The Cemetery and its Organisation -- 8.1.1 Medieval Cemeteries. 
505 8 |a 8.1.2 Post-medieval Cemeteries -- 8.2 The Individual Grave in the Burial Place -- 8.2.1 Medieval Graves -- 8.2.2 Post-medieval Graves -- 8.3 The Appearance of Burials -- 8.4 The Appearance of Post-medieval Burials -- 8.4.1 Clothing -- 8.4.2 Religious Objects -- 8.4.3 Objects of Taboo -- 8.4.4 Further Grave Goods -- 8.5 Conclusion -- References -- 9 Hiding the Body: Ordering Space and Allowing Manipulation of Body Parts within Modern Cemeteries -- Introduction -- 9.1 Research into Landscape Cemeteries and Modern Funerary Behaviour -- 9.2 Dealing with Re-deposited Human Bone -- 9.3 Material and Method -- 9.4 Cemetery Working Practices at Assistens Kirkegård -- 9.5 Deposition Patterns of Charnel Deposits -- 9.6 Manipulation within a Family Grave Plot -- 9.7 Dealing with Body Parts -- 9.8 The Manipulation of Intact Burials -- 9.9 Concealing Illicit Burials? -- 9.10 Exploring the Manipulation of Remains in Landscape Cemeteries -- References -- 10 Burial Customs in the Northern Ostrobothnian Region (Finland) from the Late Medieval Period to th -- Introduction -- 10.1 Burial Customs at Ii Hamina -- 10.2 Furnishing of the Coffins in Early Modern Ostrobothnia -- Archaeological Results -- 10.3 Ethnographic References to Plants in Funeral Practices -- 10.4 Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 11 Death and Burial in Post-medieval Prague -- Introduction -- 11.1 The Burial Rite in Baroque Bohemia -- 11.2 Modern Period Cemeteries in Bohemia -- 11.3 Prague Castle and the Church of St John the Baptist -- 11.4 Analysis of the Grave Goods -- 11.5 Typology of Grave Goods -- 11.6 Burial Customs in Bohemia after the Thirty Years' War: A Summary -- Sources -- References -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Index. 
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