This work considers the evidence for mortuary practices in the period between 550BC and AD70 in the southernmost counties of England. It examines the quantifiable and qualitative aspects of the data against the backdrop of developments observed in other aspects of the archaeological record. The patterns observed in the mortuary record are further considered against the wider backdrop of mortuary practices elsewhere in Britain, Ireland and the nearer regions of the Continent.

AUTHOR

Andrew Lamb researches various aspects of the archaeology of Iron Age Britain, with a particular interest in the relationships between Britain, Ireland and continental Europe.

REVIEW

‘This is an impressive synthesis of Iron Age burial practices in southern England’ Professor Duncan Garrow, University of Reading

‘This book provides quantitative, large-scale data for understanding funerary patterns, with extensive examples, and vital context, as well as more detailed, treatment-specific discussions (regional treatments, mirror burials etc), and perhaps most importantly, an up-to-date, well researched theoretical framework.’ Dr Michael Legge, University of York