Chapter One: Animals and Their Fuzzy Role in Death; Chapter Two: Challenging Burial Interpretations -- A Theoretical Approach; Chapter Three: Sites of St. Albans; Chapter Four: Approaching the Skeletal Data; Chapter Five: Examination of Burial Practices; Chapter Six: Animals in the Romano-British Period; Chapter Seven: The Death of a Roman or non-Roman; Chapter Eight: Objects and Their Role in Romano-British Burials; Chapter Nine: Animals and Evidence (or Lack Thereof) for Mortuary Feasting; Chapter Ten: Comparing Human -- Animal Relationships in Life and Death; Chapter Eleven: Theoretical Conclusions; Chapter Twelve: Furthering the Field with Osteological Data; Appendix A1: Ageing Criteria for Mammals ; Appendix A2: Background Site Research; Appendix A3: Site Referencing; Appendix A4: Raw Data Final Thesis; Appendix A5: Faunal Remains Photo Catalogue
Summary
'Birds, Beasts and Burials' examines human-animal relationships as found in the mortuary record within the area of Verulamium that is now situated in the modern town of St. Albans
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references
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Audience
Specialized
Notes
Online resource; title from home page (viewed on June 27 2017)
