The urban graveyard
Archaeological perspectives
Edited by Roos van Oosten, Rachel Schats, Kerry Fast, Nico Arts & Jeroen Bouwmeester | 2018
It is commonly believed that in medieval and post-medieval towns and cities death outnumbered births and that these urban centres could only survive through the influx of migrants; a concept which has come to be…
![](https://www.sidestone.com/images/777.jpg)
Archaeology of Touchstones
An introduction based on finds from Birka, Sweden
Martin Ježek | 2017
Did ancient Europeans truly believe in an active after-life, as modern Europeans would like to think they did? What purpose did grave-goods actually serve? Are archaeology and the historical sciences in general able to shed,…
![](https://www.sidestone.com/images/777.jpg)
De stad en de dood
Archeologische perspectieven
Onder redactie van Roos van Oosten, Rachel Schats, Nico Arts & Jeroen Bouwmeester | 2017
Het is een wijdverbreid idee dat (post-)middeleeuwse steden een sterfteoverschot hadden en zij slechts in leven konden blijven door de toestroom van migranten; een fenomeen dat bekend staat als het ‘urban graveyard’-effect. Over details valt…
![](https://www.sidestone.com/images/777.jpg)
Religion, cults & rituals in the medieval rural environment
Religion, Kulte und Rituale in der mittelalterlichen bäuerlichen Umgebung | Réligion, cultes et rituels au milieu rural médiéval
Edited by Christiane Bis-Worch & Claudia Theune | 2017
The study of belief, faith and religious practices can provide a deep insight into historical societies, whether Christian, Muslim, Jewish or pagan. They form a constant of human behaviour. Through religion, cult and rituals, multi-layered…
![](https://www.sidestone.com/images/777.jpg)
European Archaeology: Identities & Migrations
Archéologie européenne: Identités & Migrations
Edited by Laurence Manolakakis, Nathan Schlanger, Anick Coudart | 2017
As it appears in diverse guises – and notably as a founding narrative – the past is at the core of every functioning human society. The idea that the past can be known through scientific…
![](https://www.sidestone.com/images/777.jpg)
Portable Antiquities, Palimpsests, and Persistent Places
A multi-period approach to Portable Antiquities Scheme data in Lincolnshire
Adam Jonathan Daubney | 2016
Every year thousands of archaeological objects and artefact scatters are discovered by the public, most of them by metal-detector users, but also by people whilst out walking, gardening, or going about their daily work. Once…
![](https://www.sidestone.com/images/777.jpg)
Practices of Wealth Depositing in the 1st–9th Century AD Eastern Baltic
Ester Oras | 2015
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This PhD thesis discusses the practices of wealth depositing in the 1st–9th century AD eastern Baltic (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania). Wealth deposits are one or more valued object/s that is/are hidden deliberately as an intended separate…
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The urban graveyard
Archaeological perspectives
Edited by Roos van Oosten, Rachel Schats, Kerry Fast, Nico Arts & Jeroen Bouwmeester | 2018
It is commonly believed that in medieval and post-medieval towns and cities death outnumbered births and that these urban centres could only survive through the influx of migrants; a concept which has come to be…
![](https://www.sidestone.com/images/777.jpg)
Archaeology of Touchstones
An introduction based on finds from Birka, Sweden
Martin Ježek | 2017
Did ancient Europeans truly believe in an active after-life, as modern Europeans would like to think they did? What purpose did grave-goods actually serve? Are archaeology and the historical sciences in general able to shed,…
![](https://www.sidestone.com/images/777.jpg)
De stad en de dood
Archeologische perspectieven
Onder redactie van Roos van Oosten, Rachel Schats, Nico Arts & Jeroen Bouwmeester | 2017
Het is een wijdverbreid idee dat (post-)middeleeuwse steden een sterfteoverschot hadden en zij slechts in leven konden blijven door de toestroom van migranten; een fenomeen dat bekend staat als het ‘urban graveyard’-effect. Over details valt…
![](https://www.sidestone.com/images/777.jpg)
Religion, cults & rituals in the medieval rural environment
Religion, Kulte und Rituale in der mittelalterlichen bäuerlichen Umgebung | Réligion, cultes et rituels au milieu rural médiéval
Edited by Christiane Bis-Worch & Claudia Theune | 2017
The study of belief, faith and religious practices can provide a deep insight into historical societies, whether Christian, Muslim, Jewish or pagan. They form a constant of human behaviour. Through religion, cult and rituals, multi-layered…
![](https://www.sidestone.com/images/777.jpg)
European Archaeology: Identities & Migrations
Archéologie européenne: Identités & Migrations
Edited by Laurence Manolakakis, Nathan Schlanger, Anick Coudart | 2017
As it appears in diverse guises – and notably as a founding narrative – the past is at the core of every functioning human society. The idea that the past can be known through scientific…
![](https://www.sidestone.com/images/777.jpg)
Portable Antiquities, Palimpsests, and Persistent Places
A multi-period approach to Portable Antiquities Scheme data in Lincolnshire
Adam Jonathan Daubney | 2016
Every year thousands of archaeological objects and artefact scatters are discovered by the public, most of them by metal-detector users, but also by people whilst out walking, gardening, or going about their daily work. Once…
![](https://www.sidestone.com/images/777.jpg)
Practices of Wealth Depositing in the 1st–9th Century AD Eastern Baltic
Ester Oras | 2015
Now 50% off!
This PhD thesis discusses the practices of wealth depositing in the 1st–9th century AD eastern Baltic (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania). Wealth deposits are one or more valued object/s that is/are hidden deliberately as an intended separate…
![](https://www.sidestone.com/images/777.jpg)
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