{"product_id":"mapping-death-burial-in-late-iron-age-and-early-medieval-ireland-new-paperback-edition-paperback","title":"Mapping Death: Burial in Late Iron Age and Early Medieval Ireland (New Paperback Edition) - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElizabeth O'Brien\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBurial rites and associated events can provide a unique insight into the attitudes and beliefs of diverse communities at any given moment in time. This book-- the outcome of forty years of research-- takes an interdisciplinary approach to burial practices in Ireland in order to interpret and to chart the development of burial rites as they appear in the archaeological record of the late Iron Age (c.200 BC- AD 300) and early medieval period (c.AD 400- 800). Sources used include archaeological excavation evidence, c14 (radiocarbon) dating evidence, strontium and oxygen isotope evidence for movement of peoples, and osteo-archaeological evidence. This is combined with a careful and discerning examination of references to death, burial, and associated events that appear in Irish hagiography, penitentials, laws, and canons compiled during the seventh and eighth centuries. Topics covered include: the transition from cremation to inhumation, re-use of ancient ancestral burial places, occasional use of grave-goods, funeral feasts, atypical or deviant burials, mobility of people within and into Ireland, the exceptional burials of some women, the cessation of burial of Christians among their ancestors, and burial in early Church cemeteries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eElizabeth O'Brien, a graduate of UCD and University of Oxford, and a fellow of the Society of the Antiquaries of London, has lectured and published widely on the subject of burial in late Iron Age and early medieval Ireland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 08, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45775007580357,"sku":"9781801511995","price":81.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/tLuPjKRnnl9781801511995.webp?v=1770529317","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/mapping-death-burial-in-late-iron-age-and-early-medieval-ireland-new-paperback-edition-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}