Bereavement and commemoration : an archaeology of mortality / Sarah Tarlow
1999, 1st edition. Oxford, UK ; Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Publishers. Provenance: Bookplate of John F. Ashby. Fine paperback copy. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright and clean. Item #385979
Physical description; 207 pp., illustrations, map, 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-203) and index. Contents; 1. A Historical Archaeology of Death -- 2. Towards an Archaeology of Bereavement and Commemoration: Death, Emotion and Metaphor -- 3. Changing Commemorative Practices in Orkney -- 4. A Living Memory and a Corrupting Corpse -- 5. Remembering the Dead in the Nineteenth Century: A Love Story -- 6. War and Remembrance -- 7. Loved and Lost. Subjects; St. Magnus Cathedral (Kirkwall, Scotland). Funeral rites and ceremonies Scotland Orkney. Sepulchral monuments. Mourning customs.
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