Early Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries

Kinship, Community and Identity

Duncan Sayer

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Manchester University Press
30 November 2020

Medieval European archaeology; Sociology: death & dying

Series: Social Archaeology and Material Worlds

Early Anglo-Saxon cemeteries are known for their grave goods, but this abundance obscures their interest as the creations of pluralistic, multi-generational communities. This book explores over one hundred early Anglo-Saxon and Merovingian cemeteries, using a multi-dimensional methodology to move beyond artefacts. It offers an alternative way to explore the horizontal organisation of cemeteries from a holistically focused perspective. The physical communication of digging a grave and laying out a body was used to negotiate the arrangement of a cemetery and to construct family and community stories. This approach foregrounds community, because people used and reused cemetery spaces to emphasise different characteristics of the deceased, based on their own attitudes, lifeways and live experiences. This book will appeal to scholars of Anglo-Saxon studies and will be of value to archaeologists interested in mortuary spaces, communities and social archaeology. -- .

By: Duncan Sayer
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 649g
ISBN: 9781526135568
ISBN 10: 1526135566
Series: Social Archaeology and Material Worlds
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 30 November 2020
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1 Negotiating early Anglo-Saxon cemetery space 2 The syntax of cemetery space 3 Mortuary metre 4 The grammar of graves 5 Intonation on the individual 6 Early Anglo-Saxon community Afterword Index -- .

Duncan Sayer is Professor of Archaeology at the University of Central Lancashire

Reviews for Early Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries: Kinship, Community and Identity

'This is an absolute must read for anyone interested in funerary archaeology, especially for those interested in the early medieval period.' Current Archaeology -- .