£59.18

University of Florida Press The Odd, the Unusual, and the Strange: Bioarchaeological Explorations of Atypical Burials (Bioarchaeological Interpretations of the Human Past: Local, Regional, and Global Perspectives)

Price data last checked 48 day(s) ago - refreshing...

View at Amazon

We'll watch every seller, every day. One email when your price arrives.

It has never been this cheap. We have no record of a lower price.

£59 today · cheaper than every other day in the last 3 months

NEW HERE?

Amazon shows you one price. We show you all of them.

Tosheroon watches Amazon prices so you don't have to. Every product on Amazon has a price history — we make it visible. Set the price you'd actually pay, and we'll email you the second it gets there. No app, no account, one email.

WHAT'S ON THIS PAGE

↓ Price chart
when this has been cheap or pricey
↓ Forecast
where the price is heading next
↓ Statistics
all-time high & low, recent range
↑ Price alert
name your number, we'll email you

Price History & Forecast

Grey patches = out of stock. Cheaper = lower on the chart. Hover for exact prices.

Last 43 days • 43 data points (No recent data available)

Historical
Generating forecast...
£79.65 £57.13 £62.05 £66.96 £71.87 £76.78 £81.70 14 March 2026 24 March 2026 04 April 2026 14 April 2026 25 April 2026

Price Distribution

Price distribution over 43 days • 2 price levels

Days at Price
Current Price
38 days · current 5 days 0 10 19 29 38 £59 £80 Days at Price

Price Analysis

Most common price: £59 (38 days, 88.4%)

Price range: £59 - £80

Price levels: 2 different prices over 43 days

Description

Abnormal burial practices have long been a source of fascination and debate within the fields of mortuary archaeology and bioarchaeology. The Odd, the Unusual, and the Strange investigates an unparalleled geographic and temporal range of burials that differ from the usual customs of their broader societies, emphasizing the importance of a holistic, context-driven approach to these intriguing cases. From an Andean burial dating to 3500 BC to mummified bodies interred in the Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo, Sicily, during the twentieth century, the studies in this volume cross the globe and span millennia. The unusual cases explored here include Native American cemeteries in Illinois, “vampire” burials in medieval Poland, and a mass grave of decapitated soldiers in ancient China. Moving away from the simplistic assumption that these burials represent people who were considered deviant in society, contributors demonstrate the importance of an integrated biocultural approach in determining why an individual was buried in an unusual way. Drawing on historical, sociocultural, archaeological, and biological data, this volume critically evaluates the binary of “typical” versus “atypical” burials. It expands our understanding of the continuum of variation within mortuary practices, helping researchers better interpret burial evidence to learn about the people and cultures of the past.

Product Specifications

Format
hardcover
Domain
Amazon UK
Release Date
30 January 2020
Listed Since
04 April 2019

Barcode

No barcode data available

Similar Products You Might Like

Archaeological Perspectives on Burial Practices and Societal Change: Death in Transition (Routledge Studies in Archaeology)
97% match

Archaeological Perspectives on Burial Practices and Societal Change: Death in Transition (Routledge Studies in Archaeology)

Routledge

£128.33 12 Jun 2026
In Remembrance: Archaeology and Death
97% match

In Remembrance: Archaeology and Death

By

£55.52 13 Jan 2026
The Routledge Handbook of Archaeothanatology: Bioarchaeology of Mortuary Behaviour
96% match

The Routledge Handbook of Archaeothanatology: Bioarchaeology of Mortuary Behaviour

Routledge

£41.99 18 Feb 2026
The Public Archaeology of Death
96% match

The Public Archaeology of Death

Equinox

£80.00 27 Feb 2026
The Routledge Handbook of Archaeothanatology: Bioarchaeology of Mortuary Behaviour
96% match

The Routledge Handbook of Archaeothanatology: Bioarchaeology of Mortuary Behaviour

£103.03 13 Jan 2026
Grave Disturbances: The Archaeology of Post-depositional Interactions with the Dead: 14 (Studies in Funerary Archaeology)
96% match

Grave Disturbances: The Archaeology of Post-depositional Interactions with the Dead: 14 (Studies in Funerary Archaeology)

Oxbow Books

£36.51 18 Feb 2026
Mortuary Landscapes of North Africa: 43 (Phoenix Supplementary Volumes)
96% match

Mortuary Landscapes of North Africa: 43 (Phoenix Supplementary Volumes)

University of Toronto Press

£53.12 16 Apr 2026
The Burial Record of Prehistoric Liangshan in Southwest China: Graves as Composite Objects
96% match

The Burial Record of Prehistoric Liangshan in Southwest China: Graves as Composite Objects

Springer

£84.76 13 Jan 2026
The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Death and Burial
96% match

The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Death and Burial

Oxford University Press

£40.01 02 May 2026
The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Death and Burial
96% match

The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Death and Burial

Oxford University Press

£160.00 22 Jan 2026
Mortuary Practices and Social Identities in the Middle Ages: Essays in Burial Archaeology in Honour of Heinrich Harke (Exeter Studies in Medieval Europe)
96% match

Mortuary Practices and Social Identities in the Middle Ages: Essays in Burial Archaeology in Honour of Heinrich Harke (Exeter Studies in Medieval Europe)

Liverpool University Press

£96.69 11 Jun 2026
Theorizing Bioarchaeology (Bioarchaeology and Social Theory)
96% match

Theorizing Bioarchaeology (Bioarchaeology and Social Theory)

£91.31 13 Jan 2026
Crisis and Ambition: Tombs and Burial Customs in Third-Century CE Rome (Oxford Studies in Ancient Culture & Representation)
96% match

Crisis and Ambition: Tombs and Burial Customs in Third-Century CE Rome (Oxford Studies in Ancient Culture & Representation)

Oxford University Press

£128.65 18 Mar 2026
Routledge - Death and Burial within the Ancient Levant Book
96% match

Routledge - Death and Burial within the Ancient Levant Book

Routledge

£128.72 25 Apr 2026
Writing the Dead: Death and Writing Strategies in the Western Tradition (Figurae: Reading Medieval Culture)
96% match

Writing the Dead: Death and Writing Strategies in the Western Tradition (Figurae: Reading Medieval Culture)

Stanford University Press

£42.70 17 Mar 2026
Death Customs: An Analytical Study of Burial Rights (The History of Civilization)
95% match

Death Customs: An Analytical Study of Burial Rights (The History of Civilization)

Routledge

£174.29 10 Feb 2026
Children, Death and Burial: Archaeological Discourses: 5 (Childhood in the Past Monograph)
95% match

Children, Death and Burial: Archaeological Discourses: 5 (Childhood in the Past Monograph)

Oxbow Books

£27.30 11 Apr 2026
Burial in Early Medieval England and Wales: 17 (The Society for Medieval Archaeology Monographs)
95% match

Burial in Early Medieval England and Wales: 17 (The Society for Medieval Archaeology Monographs)

Routledge

£45.76 30 Jan 2026
CRC Press Advances in Forensic Taphonomy - Academic Book
95% match

CRC Press Advances in Forensic Taphonomy - Academic Book

CRC Press

£175.94 04 May 2026
Contesting Human Remains in Museum Collections: The Crisis of Cultural Authority: 01 (Routledge Research in Museum Studies)
95% match

Contesting Human Remains in Museum Collections: The Crisis of Cultural Authority: 01 (Routledge Research in Museum Studies)

Routledge

£138.00 06 Mar 2026
Barrows at the Core of Bronze Age Communities: Petersfield Heath Excavations 2014-18 in their Regional Context
95% match

Barrows at the Core of Bronze Age Communities: Petersfield Heath Excavations 2014-18 in their Regional Context

£110.00 23 Feb 2026
Routledge Japanese Tree Burial - Anthropology Workshop Series
95% match

Routledge Japanese Tree Burial - Anthropology Workshop Series

Routledge

£125.00 02 May 2026
The Law and the Dead
95% match

The Law and the Dead

Routledge

£40.47 06 Feb 2026
Human Mummies: A Global Survey of their Status and the Techniques of Conservation: 3 (The Man in the Ice, 3)
95% match

Human Mummies: A Global Survey of their Status and the Techniques of Conservation: 3 (The Man in the Ice, 3)

Springer

£164.16 29 Apr 2026