Description
The executive purpose of this book is to turn how burials can be used as a uniquely informative source for Greek and Roman social history. Burials permit a a long way wider range of inference and insight than the literary texts produced by and for a narrow social elite, and by finding out them in depth Dr. Morris is in a position to be offering new interpretations of social change in Graeco-Roman antiquity. The main interdisciplinary importance of the book lies in its try to break down barriers between archaeologists and historians of various societies and cultures.