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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:

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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

  

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