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Most people have heard of the ship burial at Sutton Hoo. Many are aware that there were other similar mounds nearby which once contained rich graves. Perhaps less well known is that the magnificent royal burial in Mound 1 at Sutton Hoo was only the most splendid so far discovered of a series of rich graves of the same period. This is the first book-length treatment of Anglo-Saxon Barrows in English. It brings together some of the evidence from Sutton Hoo and elsewhere in England for these magnificent burials and sets them in their historical, religious and social context. Part 1 describes the physical construction and symbolic meaning of these monuments. Part 2 provides a comprehensive listing of known Anglo-Saxon barrows with notes on their contents and the circumstances of their discovery. The appendices deal with literary and place-name evidence Title Contents Chp 1 Identification Chp 2 Thanatology–Taphonomy Chp 3 Injuries and Its Medicolegal Chp 4 Violent Asphyxial Deaths Chp 5 Medicolegal Aspects: Sexual Offences Chp 6 Infanticide is Murder Chp 7 Thermal Injuries Chp 8 Forensic Psychiatry Chp 9 Starvation Chp 10 Biological Evidence Chp 11 Impotence, Sterility and MTP Chp 12 Toxicology Chp 13 Medicolegal Procedures Chp 14 Medical Jurisprudence Chp 15 Medicolegally Important Chp 16 Questions vs. Concepts Chp 17 The Forensic Name Game Chp 18 The Forensic Imaginarium Epilogue "The magnificent royal burial at Sutton Hoo, with the king laid out in his ship surrounded by treasures and weapons, was far from unique. It was only the most splendid barrow-burial so far discovered of the same period." "This is the first book-length treatment of Anglo-Saxon Barrows in English. It brings together some of the evidence from Sutton Hoo and elsewhere in England for these magnificent burials and sets them in their historical, religious and social context."--BOOK JACKET.