6. The African Way of Death: Burial Rituals beyond the Roman Empire

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. List of Figures vii
4. Preface xi
5. 1. Funerary Monuments and Mortuary Practices in the Landscapes of North Africa 1
6. 2. Interculturality and the Punic Funerary World 32
7. 3. Monuments on the Margins: Interpreting the First Millennium B.C.E. Rock-cut Tombs (Haouanet) of North Africa 43
8. 4. The ‘Mausoleum Culture’ of Africa Proconsularis 75
9. 5. The Koine of the Cupula in Roman North Africa and the Transition from Cremation to Inhumation 110
10. 6. The African Way of Death: Burial Rituals beyond the Roman Empire 138
11. 7. Changing Urban Landscapes: Burials in North African Cities from the Late Antique to Byzantine Periods 164
12. 8. Peopling the Mortuary Landscape of North Africa: An Overview of the Human Osteological Evidence 204
13. Index 241