Anglo-Saxon Deviant Burials
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Bibliography:
Balter, M.
2005 Deviant' Burials Reveal Death on the Fringe in Ancient Societies. Science 310(5748):613.
Buckberry, J.L., and Hadley, D.M.
2007 An Anglo-Saxon Execution Cemetery at Walkington Wold, Yorkshire. Oxford Journal of Archaeology 26(3):309-329.
Carver, M
1992 The Age of Sutton Hoo: The Seventh Century in North-Western Europe. New
York: Boydell Press
Farrell, Maura
2012 Prone, Stoned and Losing the Head: Deviant Burials in Early Medieval Ireland in the 5th to 12th Centuries. Trowel 8: 56-72.
Geber J.
2012 Comparative Study of Perimortem Weapon Trauma in Two Early Medieval Skeletal Populations (AD 400-1200) from Ireland.
International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. DOI:10.1002/oa.2281.
Mays, Simon
2010 The Archaeology of Human Bones. 2nd Ed. New York: Routledge.
Murphy, Eileen
2008 Deviant Burials in the Archaeological Record. Oxford: Oxbow Books
O’Donovan, E., Bus, D., Geber, M., Geber, J., and Ma, M.
2009 Archaeological Excavations on Mount Gamble Hill: Stories from the First Christians in Swords. In Axes, Warriors and Windmills:
Recent Archaeological Discoveries in North Fingal. Christine Baker ed. Pp. 64-74. Fingal County: Fingal County Council.
Reynolds, Andrew
2009 Anglo-Saxon Deviant Burial Customs. John Blair and Helen Hamerow, eds. New York:Oxford University Press.
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Anglo-Saxon Period:
Princely Burial of a Anglo-Saxon Christian Noblewoman http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/03/pictures/120321-anglo-saxon-treasure-christian-burial-gold-cross-cambridge/
Deviant Burial Checklist:
The Sites:
Map of Ireland: Geber 2012:2
Map of England: Reynolds 2009
Map of Walkington Wold: Buckberry and Hadley 2007:310
Irish Deviant Burials:
Owenbristy 51/73: Geber 2012:6
Owenbristy 42 (Damage): Geber 2012:9
Owenbristy 42 (Bone Bundle: Geber 2012:3
Mount Gamble 191 (Body Position): Geber 2012: 3
An English Execution Cemetery:
Image 1: Buckberry and Hadley 2007:321
Image 2: Buckberry and Hadley 2007:322
Walkington Wold Barrow 1: Buckberry and Hadley 2007:311
Multiple Burials: Reynolds 2009