Orientation of graves in the Middle Ages

What is it about?

The aim of the book is to demonstrate the importance of grave orientation for the archaeology of Medieval death and burial. In doing this, two key points are emphasized. First, grave orientation was an important, and in some cases the most important, conduit for the symbolic meaning of burials in the Middle Ages. Second, for an archaeologist to reconstruct this meaning, the analysis must be conducted with methodological rigour, and inferences must take the broader context into account.

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Why is it important?

The book is primarily aimed at researchers interested in the Middle Ages and the archaeology of death and burial. A wider range of archaeologists may find interest in the methodology of analysing archival ("old") excavations and other geocomputational methods used in the book.