
Funerary archaeology.
WanderingN° d'inventaire | 21998 |
Format | 16 x 24 |
Détails | 248 p., paperback. |
Publication | Paris, 2017 |
Etat | Nine |
ISBN | 9782877726238 |
The study of necropolises and tombs remains one of the essential elements for understanding the lives and thoughts of the living and deceased. The proliferation of techniques used to study the past provides numerous documentary sources on objects that are often exceptional in their state of preservation. Tombs reflect spiritual beliefs and also provide an account of the social organization and hierarchy that existed in human groups of the past.
The study of necropolises and tombs remains one of the essential elements for understanding the lives and thoughts of the living and deceased. The proliferation of techniques used to study the past provides numerous documentary sources on objects that are often exceptional in their state of preservation. Tombs reflect spiritual beliefs and also provide an account of the social organization and hierarchy that existed in human groups of the past.