The Archaeology of Death (New Directions in Archaeology) - Softcover

Chapman, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521110785 ISBN 13: 9780521110785

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2009

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This volume, bringing together studies on the disposal of the dead, explores the frontiers and potential of research and presents critical appraisals of theory about social organisation and culture change.

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Evidence for the disposal of the dead is one of the most common classes of archaeological data; in both prehistoric and historic contexts, archaeologists have long used the remains of death and burial as a source for interpretations of society, culture and ethnic identity. This volume, bringing together studies on the disposal of the dead, explores the frontiers and potential of research and presents critical appraisals of theory about social organisation and culture change. It contains case studies from both North America and Europe and themes include the complex social factors behind burial in monuments and cemeteries, the relationship between status, diet, disease and mortality, the use of differential burial practices to define rank and the underlying reasons for major changes in burial patterns.

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0521110785
• ISBN 13: 9780521110785
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 168