Tressed for Death in Early Anglo-Saxon England
A study of hair ornament and styling for funerary rites in Early Anglo-Saxon England. Practices varied between cemeteries and across England in terms of the frequency and character of grooming implements' deposition with the cremated dead.
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University of York
2016-11-01
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| Online Access: | http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue42/6/7.cfm |
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| author | Howard Williams |
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| description | A study of hair ornament and styling for funerary rites in Early Anglo-Saxon England.
Practices varied between cemeteries and across England in terms of the frequency and character of grooming implements' deposition with the cremated dead. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e6103546f84741ceb75d58a7d05950822024-01-02T10:45:37ZengUniversity of YorkInternet Archaeology1363-53872016-11-014210.11141/ia.42.6.7 Tressed for Death in Early Anglo-Saxon EnglandHoward Williams0University of YorkA study of hair ornament and styling for funerary rites in Early Anglo-Saxon England. Practices varied between cemeteries and across England in terms of the frequency and character of grooming implements' deposition with the cremated dead.http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue42/6/7.cfmArchaeologyAnglo-Saxonhairburialcremationfunerarycombsscissorsritesritualgrooming |
| spellingShingle | Howard Williams Tressed for Death in Early Anglo-Saxon England Internet Archaeology Archaeology Anglo-Saxon hair burial cremation funerary combs scissors rites ritual grooming |
| title | Tressed for Death in Early Anglo-Saxon England |
| title_full | Tressed for Death in Early Anglo-Saxon England |
| title_fullStr | Tressed for Death in Early Anglo-Saxon England |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tressed for Death in Early Anglo-Saxon England |
| title_short | Tressed for Death in Early Anglo-Saxon England |
| title_sort | tressed for death in early anglo saxon england |
| topic | Archaeology Anglo-Saxon hair burial cremation funerary combs scissors rites ritual grooming |
| url | http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue42/6/7.cfm |
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