Identifying social and religious groups in later medieval funerary sites from Britain

There is significant potential in the inter-site analysis of medieval cemeteries both in terms of considering separate, but similarly dated, cemeteries within individual settlements, and comparing burial practice across a wide range of cemeteries of different dates. A strong case can be made for the identification of different social and religious groups within medieval cemeteries. The wide range of burial practices beyond such simple discriminators such as grave-lining, or age preference, hints at the potential to explore more closely aspects such as graveside ritual, commemoration and preparation for the hereafter.