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Death-ritual and social structure in classical antiquity / Ian Morris

This study examines how excavated burial remains serve as primary evidence for social history in the Graeco-Roman world. It analyses burial practices to understand community structures and social change from archaic Rhodes through to the late western Roman empire.

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Accession Number: 1988

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