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Combs and shears honored Anglo Saxon dead
Submitted by Milica on Tue, 2008/04/22 - 00:03.
601 CE to 700 CE | 701 CE to 800 CE | Archaeology | English
Archaeologists have long believed that Anglo Saxon burial customs required elaborate displays, but new evidence points to the use of more common devotions such as combs, razors and other household items.
According to Dr Howard Williams of Chester University, “Some of the objects were miniatures especially made for the funeral, and many were deliberately broken, with only a portion interred in the cinerary urns, with the rest perhaps kept as mementos for the living." |
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