{"product_id":"death-and-the-body-in-bronze-age-europe-9781009247399","title":"Death and the Body in Bronze Age Europe","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book offers case-based analyses of the introduction and eventual dominance of cremation in temperate Bronze Age Europe. In turn it questions the role of the familiar as a conservative force. It will be of interest to scholars and advanced students of European prehistory and archaeology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Introduction: changing practices and perception of the body; 2. A brief history of urns, urnfields and burials in the Urnfield Culture; 3. Theoretical framework; 4. The Bronze Age: setting the scene; 5. The changing Bronze Age body – introduction of case studies; 6. The treatment of the body: compatibility and divergence; 7. The construction of graves: coherence and variations; 8. After the burial: prolonged engagement with the body; 9. Conclusions: on the nature of change in burial practices.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018605789527,"sku":"9781009247399","price":71.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781009247399.jpg?v=1750777497","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/death-and-the-body-in-bronze-age-europe-9781009247399","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}