'In the Realm of Saints: A Reconstruction of Life and Death in Early Medieval Wales and the Isle of Man'
Date(s): September 2010
Creator(s): Hemer, Katie Anna
Scope & Content: PhD thesis submitted to the Department of Archaeology, University of Sheffield. The thesis is a multidisciplinary investigation into eight well preserved cemetery populations in Wales (Brownslade, West Angle Bay, Porthclew, Landough, Lanbedrgoch) and the Isle of Man (Balladoole, Peel Castle, Cronk Keeilan). The aim of the thesis is to provide a holistic interpretation of life and death in early medieval western Britain. Within the evidence there appears to be suggestions of internal and external mobility from Scandinavia and the Mediterranean. The thesis explained the materials studied and methods used; stable isotope analysis; isotope analysis of human migration; long distance migration and population mobility; results of dietary stable isotope; biocultural approach to life and death during the early medieval in Wales and the Isle of Man; Vikings in the west of Britain: an isotopic perspective.
Language: English
Extent: multiple pages
Item name: thesis
Collection: Manuscript Archive
Level: ITEM
ID number: MS 12879
Record class: Private
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