Shifting Identities: the human corpse and treatment of the dead in the Levantine Bronze Age

Bradbury, J.; Philip, G.

Shifting Identities: the human corpse and treatment of the dead in the Levantine Bronze Age

Bradbury, J.; Philip, G.

Authors

J. Bradbury

Professor Graham Philip graham.philip@durham.ac.uk
Professor

Contributors

J. Bradbury
Editor

C. Scarre
Editor

Abstract

Spanning a period of over two thousand years, the Bronze Age of the Levant (c.3600–1200 BC) is characterised by the emergence of urban society, growth of social complexity and, in the latter half of the period, the florescence of citystates and ‘great kingdoms’. Alongside the rich settlement and textual record of the period, is a diverse corpus of burial data which can provide insights into concepts of personal identity, human mortality, and the afterlife. Using a combination of documentary and archaeological evidence dating to the 3rd–2nd millennia BC, mortuary practices during this period have, to some extent,...

Citation

Bradbury, J., & Philip, G. (2017). Shifting Identities: the human corpse and treatment of the dead in the Levantine Bronze Age. In J. Bradbury, & C. Scarre (Eds.), Engaging with the dead : exploring changing human beliefs about death, mortality and the human body (87-102). Oxbow Books

Acceptance Date	Mar 10, 2017
Online Publication Date	Oct 30, 2017
Publication Date	Oct 1, 2017
Deposit Date	Mar 14, 2017
Publicly Available Date	Mar 15, 2017
Pages	87-102
Series Title	Studies in funerary archaeology
Book Title	Engaging with the dead : exploring changing human beliefs about death, mortality and the human body.
Publisher URL	https://www.oxbowbooks.com/oxbow/engaging-with-the-dead.html