Neolithic Cave Burials: Agency, Structure and Environment

by Rick Peterson

This is the first book-length treatment of Neolithic burial in Britain to focus primarily on cave evidence. It interprets human remains from forty-eight caves and compares them to what we know of Neolithic collective burial elsewhere in Britain and Europe. It reviews the archaeology of these cave burials and treats them as important evidence for the study of mortuary practice. Drawing on evidence from archaeology, anthropology, osteology and cave...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526118866
• ISBN13: 9781526118868
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.3"