Trade in Classical Antiquity [1 ed.] 9780511611728, 0511611722

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Trade in Classical Antiquity [1 ed.]
9780511611728, 0511611722

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Neville Morley;Morris
Ian

Table of contents :
Content: Cover
Half-title
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
List of figures
List of tables
Preface
Abbreviations
1 The anthropology of a dead world
SOCIAL STRUCTURE
RITUAL
STRUCTURE AND BELIEF
SYMBOLS
DIALOGUES WITH THE DEAD
CONCLUSION
2 'Mos Romanus': cremation and inhumation in the Roman empire
FROM INHUMATION TO CREMATION! EUROPE SINGE I9OO
FROM CREMATION TO INHUMATION! THE ROMAN EMPIRE
CONCLUSION. 3 'Dem bones': skeletal remains PALAEODEMOGRAPHY
PALAEOPATHOLOGY
PATHOLOGIES OF BONES
TEETH
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
CONCLUSION
4 Taking it with you: grave goods and Athenian democracy
WHO PAYS THE FERRYMAN
GRAVE GOODS IN CLASSICAL ATHENS
WEALTH IN OTHER CONTEXTS
TENTATIVE CONCLUSIONS
5 Monuments to the dead: display and wealth in classical Greece
GRAVE MARKERS AND DEMOCRACY, AND BEYOND
THE BIG PICTURE. GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS6 Famous last words: the inscribed tombstone
TOMBSTONES AND DEMOGRAPHY
TOMBSTONES AND THE FAMILY
TOMBSTONES AND WEALTH
TOMBSTONES AND TIME! THE MROZEK CURVE
7 At the bottom of the graves: an example of analysis
TYPOLOGY
DEMOGRAPHY
GRAVE GOODS
GRAVE SIZE
THE SETTLEMENT
8 Conclusion
WHAT IS NOT BEING SAID
POSITIVE CONCLUSIONS
Bibliographical essay
DEATH
BURIAL
RITUAL
QUANTIFICATION. ETHNOGRAPHIC AND HISTORICAL COMPARISONSTHE ARCHAEOLOGY OF DEATH
Bibliography
Index.

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