Eorđan wæstmas : a feast for the living -- Bare bones : animals in cemeteries -- Pots, buckets, and cauldrons : the inventory of feasting -- Last orders? -- The grateful dead : feasting and memory -- Feasting between the margins
Summary
The book examines the place of food and feasting in funerary rituals from the earliest period to the eleventh century, considering the changes and transformations that occurred during this time, drawing on a wide range of sources, from archaeological evidence to the existing texts