Mortuary Monuments and Burial Grounds of the Historic Period / by Harold Mytum

New York, NY : Springer, 2004. 1st edition. Softcover. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 274 pp. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; 1. Introduction -- 1. A Brief History Historical Mortuary Archaeology -- 2. THeoretical Approaches -- 3. Summary -- 2. Folk Traditions And High Culture: Funerary And Commemorative Practice To The Early 18Th Century -- 1. Death -- 2. The Funeral -- 3. Burial Grounds -- 4. Internal Memorials -- 5. External Memorials -- 6. Conclusions -- 3. A Maturing Industry: The Mid-18Th Century To Early 20Th Century -- 1. The Funeral -- 2. Mourning -- 3. Commemoration -- 4. Burial Grounds And Cemeteries -- 5. INTERNAL MEMORIALS -- 6. External Memorials -- 7. Decoration And Symbols -- 8. Text -- 9. Conclusions -- 4. A Marginalized Activity: From After World War I -- 1. The Funeral -- 2. Mourning -- 3. Commemoration -- 4. Burial Grounds And Cemeteries -- 5. Internal Memorials -- 6. External Memorials -- 7. Conclusions -- 5. Production And Consumption -- 1. Funerary And Mourning Paraphernalia -- 2. Commemoration -- 3. Temporal Change -- 4. Spatial Change -- 5. Conclusions -- 6. Social Structures -- 1. The Relationship Between Living Communities And Burial Ground Populations -- 2. Status -- 3. Family Structures -- 4. Institutional Structures -- 5. Patterns Of Dependency -- 6. Social Hierarchies -- 7. Necrogeography -- 8. Emulation -- 9. Conclusions -- 7. Identities -- 1. Religious Affiliation -- 2. Ethnicity -- 3. Linguistic Group -- 4. Vocational Identity -- 5. Conclusions -- 8. Attitudes Toward Death, The Body And Remembrance -- 1. The Manner Of Death -- 2. Attitudes Toward The Body -- 3. Grave Refurbishment -- 4. Conclusions -- 9. Carrying Out A Study -- 1. Methodological Issues -- 2. Project Fieldwork Planning -- 3. Sampling -- 4. Survey -- 5. Researching Memorials -- 6. Analysis -- 7. Excavation -- 8. Conclusions -- 10. Conservation, Education, And Display -- 1. Ethics And Methods Of Conservation -- 2. Historic Burial Grounds In Education -- 3. Public Interpretation And Display -- 4. Conclusions -- Appendix 1. Examples Of Recording Systems -- Appendix 2. Useful Addresses. Subjects; Archaeology. Life sciences. Anthropology. Sepulchral monuments. Cemeteries. War memorials. Funeral rites and ceremonies. Undertakers and undertaking. Gravestones.