Burying The Dead

Burying the Dead: An Archaeological History of Burial Grounds, Graveyards and Cemeteries\nby Lorraine Evans\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Lorraine Evans\nTitle: Burying the Dead: An Archaeological History of Burial Grounds, Graveyards and Cemeteries\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Landscape archaeology\nPublisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd\nPublication year: 2021\nISBN-13: 9781526757579\nISBN-10: 1526757575\nRRP: \u00A314.99\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nDeep in the heart of North Yorkshire, at a place called Walkington Wold, there lies a rather unusual burial ground, an Anglo-Saxon execution cemetery. Twelve skeletons were unearthed by archaeologists, ten without skulls, later examination of the skeletons revealed that their owners were all subjected to judicial exec.