Mortuary customs in prehistoric Malta
Subtitle: excavations at the Brochtorff Circle at Xagh̄ra (1987-94)
By: edited by Caroline Malone ... [et al.], with the support of Tancred Gouder and Anthony Pace ; with contributions by Geraldine Barber ... [et al.] ; principal illustrations by Steven Ashley ... [et al.].
Series: McDonald Institute monographs
Publisher: McDonald Institute for Archeological Research
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 521
ISBN-13: 9781902937496
Subjects: Burial; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Prehistoric peoples; Tombs; Antiquities; Archäologie; Excavations (Archaeology); History
Notes: "Published with the aid of principal grants from the Alwyn Cotton Foundation, the Kress Foundation, the Mediterranean Archaeological Trust and the McDonald Institute."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 385-395) and index.

Summaries in French, German, Italian and Maltese.
Table of contents: title: The intellectual and historical context / Caroline Malone ... [et al.]; title: The environment of the Maltese Islands / Patrick J. Schembri ... [et al.]; title: The domestic environment / Caroline Malone ... [et al.]; title: The ritual environment : the context of the circle / Reuben Grima, Caroline Malone, & Simon Stoddart; title: Methods applied in the analysis of the circle / Caroline Malone, Simon Mason, & Simon Stoddart; title: The archaeological dequence of the circle / Simon Stoddart ... [et al.]; title: Żebbuġ phase levels : spatial and stratigraphic analysis / Caroline Malone ... [et al.]; title: The Tarxien phase levels : spatial and stratigraphic analysis and reconstruction / Simon Stoddart ... [et al.]; title: Spatial and stratigraphic analysis of Tarxien cemetery levels / Nathaniel Cutajar ... [et al.]; title: Material culture / Caroline Malone ... [et al.]; title: The human and animal remains / Simon Stoddart ... [et al.]; title: Dating Maltese prehistory / Caroline Malone, Simon Stoddart, & Gordon Cook; title: Symposium : the temple debate.