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  Haunted Ground: A Novel

  by Erin Hart

  The dazzling, award-winning debut in a series that delivers mystery, romance, suspense, and fascinating forensic detail When farmers cutting turf in an Irish peat bog make a grisly discovery -- the perfectly preserved head of a young woman with long red hair -- Irish archaeologist Cormac Maguire and American pathologist Nora Gavin must use cutting-edge techniques to preserve ancient evidence. Because the bog's... (more)
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  Lake of Sorrows: A Novel

  by Erin Hart

  HIDDEN RELICS. SUBMERGED SECRETS. BURIED EVIDENCE. . . . American pathologist Nora Gavin has come to the Irish midlands to examine a body unearthed by peat workers at a desolate spot known as the Lake of Sorrows. As with all the artifacts culled from its prehistoric depths, the bog has effectively preserved the dead man's remains, and his multiple wounds suggest he was the victim of the ancient pagan sacrifice... (more)
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  The Archaeology of Death and Burial (Texas a&M University Anthropology, 3)

  by Michael Parker Pearson

  The archaeology of death and burial is central to our attempts to understand vanished societies. Through the remains of funerary rituals we can learn not only about the attitudes of prehistoric people to death and the afterlife, but also about their way of life, their social organisation and their view of the world. This ambitious new book reviews the latest research in this huge and important field, and describes... (more)