'Ancient Death Ways: Proceedings of the Workshop on Archaeology and Mortuary Practices' contains articles of the work in progress presented and discussed at the Ancient Death Ways 2013 meeting, which was organised around three main themes: current research, landscapes of death, and defining death. The diversity of case studies and subjects tackled by the participants reflects the richness of the field of archaeological research concerning death studies. This book does not aim to be a treaty on the archaeology of death in 2013, but rather a straightforward outcome of the sessions. The series of eight articles is introduced and closed by two commentary essays from two of the moderators of the workshop
Author(s): Kim von Hackwitz, Rita Peyroteo-Stjerna (eds.)
Series: Occasional Papers in Archaeology, 59
Publisher: Uppsala University
Year: 2015
Language: English
Pages: 204
List of Contributors 7
Preface / Kim von Hackwitz & Rita Peyroteo-Stjerna 9
1. Opening Ancient Death Ways: Caring for the Dead / Åsa M. Larsson 11
2. Mesolithic Skull Cults? / Rick J. Schulting 19
3. Perfect Death: Examples of Pitted Ware Ritualisation of the Dead / Paul Wallin 47
4. Cremating Corpses – Destroying, Defying or Deifying Death? / Terje Oestigaard 65
5. Dread of the dead – Living in the Vicinity of Dead Relatives in Finland 1751–1850 / Milton Núñez 85
6. Death in Place: Rituals in Practice / Rita Peyroteo-Stjerna 105
7. Location! Location! – What are some of the Defining Factors in the Placement of Megalithic Tombs in the Landscape? / Anne Birgitte Gebauer 127
8. Landscapes of Mortuary Practices / Kim von Hackwitz & Karl-Johan Lindholm 143
Re-analysing the Tamula XXII Neolithic Burial from Estonia / Mari Tõrv 167
10. Closing Ancient Death Ways: The Ethics of Manipulating the Dead / Malin Masterton 191
