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While death is universal, responses to it vary widely, as do experiences of grief and bereavement. However, death and bereavement often remain challenging to discuss in modern western society, despite the universality and inevitability of the topic. The Continuing Bonds and Dying 2 Talk projects used funerary archaeology and bioarchaeology to open up dialogues around death, dying, bereavement, and loss, using the past as a distanced place from which to prompt discussion. In several linked projects, this approach has been used with a wide range of audiences, including: health and social care professionals and students; psychologists and counsellors; young people and schools; and members of the public. The projects demonstrated the vibrant way in which the lessons we learn from archaeology can have a meaningful impact on experiences today. This chapter provides an overview of these projects, including discussion of both the backgrounds and motivations of participants, and reported project impacts on participant experience.

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Continuing Bonds: Using (Bio)Archaeology for Bereavement, Grief, and Wellbeing

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    2025年

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  • Aoife Sutton-Butler,
  • Jane Booth,
  • Emmelia Booth,
  • Eleanor Bryant,
  • Mia Coe,
  • Lindsey Büster,
  • Jennifer Dayes,
  • Christina Faull,
  • Melanie Giles,
  • Laura Green,
  • Elizabeth Walters,
  • Karina Croucher

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While death is universal, responses to it vary widely, as do experiences of grief and bereavement. However, death and bereavement often remain challenging to discuss in modern western society, despite the universality and inevitability of the topic. The Continuing Bonds and Dying 2 Talk projects used funerary archaeology and bioarchaeology to open up dialogues around death, dying, bereavement, and loss, using the past as a distanced place from which to prompt discussion. In several linked projects, this approach has been used with a wide range of audiences, including: health and social care professionals and students; psychologists and counsellors; young people and schools; and members of the public. The projects demonstrated the vibrant way in which the lessons we learn from archaeology can have a meaningful impact on experiences today. This chapter provides an overview of these projects, including discussion of both the backgrounds and motivations of participants, and reported project impacts on participant experience.