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Maidens’ Garlands: Funerary Crowns and Wreaths across Europe and Beyond

ed. Rosie Morris

This book offers a European study of the post‑Reformation custom of awarding ‘maidens’ crowns’ to the virtuous dead. Exploring their symbolism, construction, regional diversity, and conservation, it highlights an important yet overlooked funerary tradition practiced across Protestant and Catholic communities. READ MORE

Paperback: £42.00

Sans sépulture: Modalités et enjeux de la privation de funérailles de la Préhistoire à nos jours

Aurore Schmitt et al.

This volume gathers contributions from archaeologists, anthropologists and historians to present a rich interdisciplinary and diachronic reflection on the diversity of motivations that lead to the intentional deprivation of funerals. READ MORE

Paperback: £29.00 | Open Access

Qidfa‘ 1: Excavation of a Late Prehistoric Tomb, Fujairah Emirate, United Arab Emirates

Walid Yasin Al Tikriti

This volume presents results from the rescue excavations of the Qidfa’ 1 site, a multi-period tomb (Wadi Suq-Late Bronze /Early Iron Age). The richness of the discoveries demonstrates the wealth and significance of the culture of the 2nd millennium BC in southeast Arabia. READ MORE

Paperback: £38.00 | eBook: £16.00

Architectures néolithiques de l’île d’Yeu (Vendée)

ed. Audrey Blanchard et al.

This volume gathers documentation, unpublished material and the principal results of studies, prospections, excavations and surveys carried out on domestic settlements, funeral monuments, quarries and symbolic sites on the Isle of Yeu Situated off the Atlantic coast of the Vendée (France). READ MORE

Paperback: £52.00 | eBook: £16.00