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People of the Long Barrows
Martin SmithMegan Brickley
其他書名
Life, Death and Burial in Earlier Neolithic Britain
出版History Press, 2009
主題Architecture / Buildings / Landmarks & MonumentsHistory / Ancient / GeneralHistory / Europe / Great Britain / GeneralHistory / Social HistorySocial Science / ArchaeologySocial Science / Death & Dying
ISBN07524473359780752447339
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=cuIKAQAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋"Long Barrows, whether built of megaliths or timber, represent the oldest known architecture in the British Isles. Monumentally spectacular, they are often interpreted as houses for the dead, and certainly excavations show them to be rich in human remains." "But it was not the dead that built them. These magnificent structures were made and used by living communities. Much has been written about the origins of the barrows themselves, but in this book Martin Smith and Megan Brickley bring their combined experience of biological and forensic anthropology to study the barrow builders themselves. Through patient analysis of data from across Europe they reconstruct the life and death of the long barrow people. They examine how the excavated remains came to be as they were found, who exactly ended up in a long barrow, and how their bodies were treated during burial rituals. This leads to suggestions of the population in life, the demography of barrow-using communities, and their health --