The Significance of Form and Decoration of Anglo-Saxon Cremation Urns (BAR British)

viii + 227pp, inc. figs, card, A4 Front Cover Copyright Table of Contents Acknowledgments Opening Quotation PART 1 THEORY 1.1 The archaeology of death 1.2 Anglo-Saxon cemetery studies 1.3 Artefact typology 1.4 The study of Anglo-Saxon pottery 1.5 Towards an understanding of Anglo-Saxon cremation vessels PART 2 METHODOLOGY 2.1 The research data base 2.2 The research programme PART 3 RESULTS 3.1 Inter-site comparison 3.2 The significance of grave-goods 3.3 The significance of vessel form 3.4 The significance of vessel decoration PART 4 CONCLUSIONS 4.1 Summary of results 4.2 Variability in Anglo-Saxon cremation vessels 4.3 Implications for Anglo-Saxon mortuary ritual 4.4 Problems and potential for future work BIBLIOGRAPHY APPENDICES J.d. Richards. Bibliography: P. [211]-228.