The Early Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries of East Yorkshire: An analysis and reinterpretation

By Sam Lucy

A study of mortuary practices in East Yorkshire from the fifth to the late seventh century BC. The author uses all the available evidence, from well-recorded modern excavations to briefly recorded nineteenth century finds. He believes that exploring the variation in burial rites can tell us more about this society than ' trying to reduce the rite to a single homogeneous entity ...until the advent of Christianity brings a new rite '. The book includes a useful chapter on ' The Anglo-Saxon Myth and the Development of Anglo-Saxon Archaeology '.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0860549542
• ISBN13: 9780860549543
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Ltd
• Length: 142 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.3" x 11.7"