Abstract
The study of funerary customs in antiquity has enjoyed a long tradition in archaeology. By contrast, there has been little research of such a kind from the late Middle Ages onwards. This paper attempts to demonstrate what archaeology can contribute to the knowledge of funerary and death-worship practices, by analysing practices undertaken between the thirteenth and eighteenth century in the collegiate church and cemetery apud ecclesiam of Gandía in Valencia.
Acknowledgements
I should like to thank Robin Osborne for all his help with this paper and also Sherryn Ciavaglia for her improvement of the English text.