Grave Concerns: Investigating the Archaeology of Death and Burial

Module code: ARC7036-B

Module Aims

This module addresses the complexity and variability of funerary treatment and rituals in human societies across time and space. The treatment is both theoretical and specific to periods from the Middle Palaeolithic to post-Medieval, including the socio-political contexts of burials and interpretations in the present.

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