Sex and the elderly: Attitudes to long-lived women and men in early Anglo-Saxon England
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2017.08.003
Abstract: Abstract Currently, in the industrialised world, women have a higher life expectancy than men, a pattern often seen in the past as well. However, in Britain, from the Neolithic to medieval period, it has been… read more here.
Keywords: sex elderly; anglo saxon; attitudes long; saxon england ... See more keywords
A Place to Rest Your (Burnt) Bones? Mortuary Houses in Early Anglo-Saxon England
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DOI: 10.1080/00665983.2017.1366704
Abstract: This article presents a fresh interpretation of square and rectangular mortuary structures found in association with deposits of cremated material and cremation burials in a range of early Anglo-Saxon (fifth-/sixth-century AD) cemeteries across southern and… read more here.
Keywords: mortuary houses; anglo saxon; early anglo; place ... See more keywords
Feeding Anglo-Saxon England: the bioarchaeology of an agricultural revolution
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DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2019.27
Abstract: Abstract The early Middle Ages saw a major expansion of cereal cultivation across large parts of Europe thanks to the spread of open-field farming. A major project to trace this expansion in England by deploying… read more here.
Keywords: england; agricultural revolution; anglo saxon; feeding anglo ... See more keywords