Commemorating the dead : texts and artifacts in context : studies of Roman, Jewish, and Christian burials / edited by Laurie Brink and Deborah Green ; with an introduction by Richard Saller.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-378) and index.
Contents
An overview of the intellectual history of catacomb archaeology / Amy K. Hirschfeld -- Housing the dead / Andrew Wallace-Hadrill -- Commemorating the dead in the communal cemeteries of Carthage / Susan T. Stevens -- Dining with the dead / Robin M. Jensen -- Sweet spices in the tomb / Deborah Green -- From Columbaria to catacombs / John Bodel -- Roman and Christian burial practices and the patronage of women / Carolyn Osiek -- From Endymion in Roman domus to Jonah in Christian catacombs / David Balch -- Looking for Abericus / Margaret M. Mitchell.
