London Month of the Dead - Death and Burial Before the Romans

FIRES, FEASTS & FUNERALS Death and Burial Before the Romans with Sophia Adams At Kensal Green Cemetery on Saturday the 12th October 2024 - 1:30 pm Archaeologists are always late to the party. A person has died, the feast has happened, the remains have been burnt and buried, but the fascination lies in what we can tease out from these remnants. In this illustrated talk Sophia Adams will take a close look at what has been left behind from the funerals of pre-Roman Britain. What happened to the dead around London (and beyond) before London existed? How is information gleaned from the pieces that survive? What might a funeral have looked like over 2000 years ago? This is a story of cremations, food, wine and buckets. From wagons to flagons, and people in pits, to bones in bottles. Tickets £12 including a Victorian punch and a 20% donation to a host of restoration projects at Kensal Green Cemetery. Please click here to purchase. SOPHIA ADAMS Sophia Adams is a Curator in the Department of Britain, Europe and Prehistory at The British Museum. Her research has focussed on pre-Roman and Roman conquest Britain and northwest Europe, from the social context of metalworking to how to make a bark shield. She is responsible for a collection that includes many funerary remains, some of which may be seen on display in Room 50 at The British Museum.

FIRES, FEASTS & FUNERALS
Death and Burial Before the Romans with Sophia Adams
At Kensal Green Cemetery on Saturday the 12th October 2024 - 1:30 pm

Archaeologists are always late to the party. A person has died, the feast has happened, the remains have been burnt and buried, but the fascination lies in what we can tease out from these remnants. In this illustrated talk Sophia Adams will take a close look at what has been left behind from the funerals of pre-Roman Britain. What happened to the dead around London (and beyond) before London existed? How is information gleaned from the pieces that survive? What might a funeral have looked like over 2000 years ago? This is a story of cremations, food, wine and buckets. From wagons to flagons, and people in pits, to bones in bottles.

Tickets £12 including a Victorian punch and a 20% donation to a host of restoration projects at Kensal Green Cemetery. Please click here to purchase.

SOPHIA ADAMS
Sophia Adams is a Curator in the Department of Britain, Europe and Prehistory at The British Museum. Her research has focussed on pre-Roman and Roman conquest Britain and northwest Europe, from the social context of metalworking to how to make a bark shield. She is responsible for a collection that includes many funerary remains, some of which may be seen on display in Room 50 at The British Museum.