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Buried

An alternative history of the first millennium in Britain

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Buried

By: Alice Roberts
Narrated by: Alice Roberts
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 Funerary rituals show us what people thought about mortality; how they felt about loss; what they believed came next. From Roman cremations and graveside feasts, to deviant burials with heads rearranged, from richly furnished Anglo Saxon graves to the first Christian burial grounds in Wales, Buried provides an alternative history of the first millennium in Britain. As she did with her pre-history of Britain in Ancestors, Professor Alice Roberts combines archaeological finds with cutting-edge DNA research and written history to shed fresh light on how people lived: by examining the stories of the dead.

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Critic Reviews

'Buried is a tender, fascinating act of listening –– of listening to the tales the dead have to tell us about the landscapes we share with them, the histories we have constructed around them, and the futures we imagine for ourselves. Lucid and illuminating, Alice Roberts here opens new perspectives on to first-millennium Britain, from the appearance of churchyards in the sixth century, to Romano-British 'decapitation' burial practices. I learned so much from this book, and hearing my description of Alice's excavations and investigations, my nine-year-old confirmed absolutely his ambition to become an aDNA (ancient DNA) scientist when he grows up.' (Robert Macfarlane)
‘Roberts’s legions of fans will find themselves delighted by a book that is both accessible and expert, wears deep learning lightly, and provides a solid introduction to an often murky age in Britain’s early medieval past.’
‘Intriguing and informative [….] Fascinating’
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Gives insights into the traditional views of the Anglo-Saxons and how this name was determined post the period but has created an identity of a race that might not exist in reality. Further impressed the importance of genetics in the understanding of what was really happening in early England!

Changed the way I thought!

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Prof Roberts is an expert both in her field and in making her knowledge accessible and entertaining to a wider audience.

A pleasure to learn

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I enjoyed the calm and reasoned delivery. This book handles some fundamental challenges to our stereotypical thinking and opens us up to an entirely new angle.

Brilliant analysis

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