 Remarking that Parker Pearson was clearly well versed in the subject, she also praised the use of illustrations throughout the book.Ultimately, she felt that "The Archaeology of Death and Burial" read like a series of essays, with the epilogue and the appendix being poorly integrated with the rest of the text, but nevertheless considered it to be "very good" overall.The "American Journal of Archaeology" published a book review by the classical archaeologist Joseph L. Rife of Cornell University in New York.