IMC 2005: Sessions
Session 1616: Monastic Cemeteries: Themes of Youth and Age, II
Thursday 14 July 2005, 11.15-12.45
Organisers: | Isabelle Cochelin, Department of History & Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto Simon Mays, English Heritage Centre for Archaeology, Portsmouth |
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Moderator/Chair: | Isabelle Cochelin, Department of History & Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto |
Respondent: | Roberta Gilchrist, Department of Archaeology, University of Reading |
Paper 1616-a | Patterns of Age: Evidence for Age Segregation in Medieval Cemeteries (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - General, Monasticism |
Paper 1616-b | New Approaches to the Monastic Burials of the Abbey of Saint-Claude and the Priory of Souvigny (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - General, Monasticism |
Abstract | Excavations at monastic sites generally produce burials, often in large numbers. The aim of these sessions is to illustrate some of the insights burial archaeology offers into monastic life in the medieval period, in Western Europe, as well as around the Mediterranean, using results of recent work. The emphasis is on the age structure of monastic communities, the way in which daily life and sickness patterns varied over the monastic life cycle and cultural recognition of life stages in burial practices. |