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Title Osteoarchaeology in historical context. Cemetery research from the Low Countries / edited by Roos van Oosten, Rachel Schats & Kerry Fast.

Publication Info. Leiden : Sidestone Press, [2019]
©2019

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Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Urban Graveyard Proceedings ; 3
Urban graveyard proceedings ; 3.
Summary Osteoarchaeology is a rich field for reconstructing past lives in that it can provide details on sex, age-at-death, stature, and pathology in conjunction with the cultural, social, and economic aspects of the person's environment and burial conditions. While osteoarchaeological research is common in the Low Countries, many of the studies done on the excellent skeletal collections remain unpublished and therefore unavailable to a larger audience. Following on the Urban Graveyards volumes, 'Osteoarchaeology in historical context' contributes to the dissemination of cemetery research in the Low Countries. Several important skeletal collections are examined in their historical contexts to better understand past living and dying. Osteoarchaeological data are combined with information on burial location, orientation, and grave goods. In doing so, this volume expands our knowledge of contextual cemetery research in the Low Countries and serves as a starting point for comparative research
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Immigrants in Vlaardingen. Archaeological research at a cemetery, 1000-1050 / Tim de Ridder -- Digging up the dead in Eindhoven. The choir and churchyard of St. Catharine's, 1200-1850 / Nico Arts -- The monastic cemetery of the Broederenkerk in Zutphen. For monks only? / Steffen Baetsen & Michel Groothedde -- In sickness and in health. An archaeological and osteoarchaeological analysis of St. Gertrude's infirmary in Kampen (1382-c. 1611) / Rachel Schats & Michael Klomp -- Diversity in death. Skeletal evidence of burial preferences in a late to post-medieval content in Aalst (Belgium) / Jessica L.A. Palmer -- Taking sides. An osteoarchaeological analysis of human skeletal remains from the south and north sides of St. Andrew's Church (Andreaskerk) in Hattem, the Netherlands / Barbara Veselka & Michael Klomp -- The cursed side. A folk belief evidenced by documentary records in 's-Hertogenbosch (1782-1858) / Roos van Oosten -- Methods of ageing and sexing human dry bone put to the test. Looking back on the 1987-1988 excavations in the Broerenkerk in Zwolle / Nico Aten & Hemmy Clevis
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Subject Human remains (Archaeology)
Human remains (Archaeology)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Oosten, Roos van, 1978- editor.
Schats, Rachel, editor.
Fast, Kerry, 1964- editor.
Other Form: Print version: Osteoarchaeology in historical context. Cemetery research from the Low Countries. Leiden : Sidestone Press 2019 9789088908347 (OCoLC)1105597671
ISBN 9789088908354 (electronic book)
9088908354 (electronic book)
9789088908347 (hardcover)
9088908346 (hardcover)
9789088908330 (softcover)
9088908338 (softcover)