Ebook: Key Themes in Ancient History

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.