Dedication

pp v-vi

Contents

pp vii-viii

List of figures

pp ix-x

List of tables

pp xi-xii

Acknowledgements

pp xiii-xiv

Part I - Introduction

pp 1-2

1 - Introduction

pp 3-12

2 - Binary oppositions, logical gaps and thick descriptions

pp 13-22

Part II - Chalcolithic cemeteries

pp 23-24

3 - Chalcolithic cemeteries: winks, twitches and faked twitches

pp 25-35

4 - Isolated in the landscape: single-cave cemeteries

pp 36-46

5 - Multiple components: multiple-cave cemeteries

pp 47-80

6 - Dark, damp and deep: karstic-cave systems

pp 81-87

7 - Funerary structures

pp 88-111

8 - Exceptions, outliers and misfits

pp 112-119

9 - Structured deposition and depositional structures

pp 120-130

Part III - Contemporary cemeteries

pp 131-132

10 - An archaeology of us

pp 133-147

11 - The raw materials: from matt to lustre, from grey to colour

pp 148-155

12 - Tombstone morphology: communal trajectories

pp 156-166

13 - Tombstone elaboration: personal expressions

pp 167-172

14 - Spatial patterns: between institutional policy and interpersonal spontaneity

pp 173-183

15 - Intersecting discourses

pp 184-190

Part IV - Conclusion

pp 191-192

16 - Prioritizing death and society

pp 193-207

17 - Epilogue

pp 208-212

Appendix: Gazetteers of cemeteries

pp 213-284

Notes

pp 285-288

Bibliography

pp 289-298