Ancient Southwestern Mortuary Practices

Author : James T. Watson,Gordon F. M. Rakita
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020-08-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781646420131

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Ancient Southwestern Mortuary Practices by James T. Watson,Gordon F. M. Rakita Pdf

Ancient Southwestern Mortuary Practices chronicles the modal patterns, diversity, and change of ancient mortuary practices from across the US Southwest and northwest Mexico over four thousand years of Prehispanic occupation. The volume summarizes new methodological approaches and theoretical issues concerning the meaning and importance of burial practices to different peoples at different times throughout the ancient Greater Southwest. Chapters focus on normative mortuary patterns, the range of variability of mortuary patterns, how the contexts of burials reflect temporal shifts in ideology, and the ways in which mortuary rituals, behaviors, and funerary treatments fulfill specific societal needs and reflect societal beliefs. Contributors analyze extensive datasets—archived and accessible on the Digital Archaeological Record (tDAR)—from various subregions, structurally standardized and integrated with respect to biological and cultural data. Ancient Southwestern Mortuary Practices, together with the full datasets preserved in tDAR, is a rich resource for comparative research on mortuary ritual for indigenous descendant groups, cultural resource managers, and archaeologists and bioarchaeologists in the Greater Southwest and other regions. Contributors: Nancy J. Akins, Jessica I. Cerezo-Román, Mona C. Charles, Patricia A. Gilman, Lynne Goldstein, Alison K. Livesay, Dawn Mulhern, Ann Stodder, M. Scott Thompson, Sharon Wester, Catrina Banks Whitley

Author : Douglas R. Mitchell,Judy L. Brunson-Hadley
Publisher : UNM Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 082633461X

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Ancient Burial Practices in the American Southwest by Douglas R. Mitchell,Judy L. Brunson-Hadley Pdf

Prehistoric burial practices provide an unparalleled opportunity for understanding and reconstructing ancient civilizations and for identifying the influences that helped shape them.

Author : Jill L Baker
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2016-06-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781315418438

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The Funeral Kit by Jill L Baker Pdf

Studies of mortuary archaeology tend to focus on difference—how the researcher can identify age, gender, status, and ethnicity from the contents of a burial. Jill L. Baker’s innovative approach begins from the opposite point: how can you recognize the commonalities of a culture from the “funeral kit” that occurs in all burials, irrespective of status differences? And what do those commonalities have to say about the world view and religious beliefs of that culture? Baker begins with the Middle and Late Bronze Age tombs in the southern Levant, then expands her scope in ever widening circles to create a general model of the funeral kit of use to archaeologists in a wide variety of cultures and settings. The volume will be of equal value to specialists in Near Eastern archaeology and those who study mortuary remains in ancient cultures worldwide.

Author : Richard F. Townsend,Barbara Moulard L.,Ken Kokrda,Barbara L. Moulard
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9780300111484

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Casas Grandes and the Ceramic Art of the Ancient Southwest by Richard F. Townsend,Barbara Moulard L.,Ken Kokrda,Barbara L. Moulard Pdf

A fascinating exploration of the rich artistic heritage and beauty of Casas Grandes ceramics

Author : Gabriel Cooney
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2014-11-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780816531141

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Transformation by Fire by Gabriel Cooney Pdf

Transformation by Fire offers a current assessment of the archaeological research on the widespread social practice of cremation. Editors Ian Kuijt, Colin P. Quinn, and Gabriel Cooney chart a path for the development of interpretive archaeology surrounding this complex social process.

Author : Tracy K. Betsinger,Amy B. Scott,Anastasia Tsaliki
Publisher : University Press of Florida
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2019-12-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781683401407

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The Odd, the Unusual, and the Strange by Tracy K. Betsinger,Amy B. Scott,Anastasia Tsaliki Pdf

Abnormal burial practices have long been a source of fascination and debate within the fields of mortuary archaeology and bioarchaeology. The Odd, the Unusual, and the Strange investigates an unparalleled geographic and temporal range of burials that differ from the usual customs of their broader societies, emphasizing the importance of a holistic, context-driven approach to these intriguing cases. From an Andean burial dating to 3500 BC to mummified bodies interred in the Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo, Sicily, during the twentieth century, the studies in this volume cross the globe and span millennia. The unusual cases explored here include Native American cemeteries in Illinois, “vampire” burials in medieval Poland, and a mass grave of decapitated soldiers in ancient China. Moving away from the simplistic assumption that these burials represent people who were considered deviant in society, contributors demonstrate the importance of an integrated biocultural approach in determining why an individual was buried in an unusual way. Drawing on historical, sociocultural, archaeological, and biological data, this volume critically evaluates the binary of “typical” versus “atypical” burials. It expands our understanding of the continuum of variation within mortuary practices, helping researchers better interpret burial evidence to learn about the people and cultures of the past. A volume in the series Bioarchaeological Interpretations of the Human Past: Local, Regional, and Global Perspectives, edited by Clark Spencer Larsen

Author : Kim von Hackwitz,Rita Peyroteo Stjerna
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9150624466

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Ancient Death Ways by Kim von Hackwitz,Rita Peyroteo Stjerna Pdf

Author : Christine S. VanPool,Todd L. VanPool,David A. Phillips
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2007-01-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780759113954

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Religion in the Prehispanic Southwest by Christine S. VanPool,Todd L. VanPool,David A. Phillips Pdf

Religion mattered to the prehistoric Southwestern people, just as it matters to their descendents today. Examining the role of religion can help to explain architecture, pottery, agriculture, even commerce. But archaeologists have only recently developed the theoretical and methodological tools with which to study this topic. Religion in the Prehispanic Southwest marks the first book-length study of prehistoric religion in the region. Drawing on a rich array of empirical approaches, the contributors show the importance of understanding beliefs and ritual for a range of time periods and southwestern societies. For professional and avocational archaeologists, for religion scholars and students, Religion in the Prehispanic Southwest represents an important contribution.

Author : J. Rasmus Brandt,HÎkon Ingvaldsen,Marina Prusac
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781782976424

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Death and Changing Rituals by J. Rasmus Brandt,HÎkon Ingvaldsen,Marina Prusac Pdf

The forms by which a deceased person may be brought to rest are as many as there are causes of death. In most societies the disposal of the corpse is accompanied by some form of celebration or ritual which may range from a simple act of deportment in solitude to the engagement of large masses of people in laborious and creative festivities. In a funerary context the term ritual may be taken to represent a process that incorporates all the actions performed and thoughts expressed in connection with a dying and dead person, from the preparatory pre-death stages to the final deposition of the corpse and the post-mortem stages of grief and commemoration. The contributions presented here are focused not on the examination of different funerary practices, their function and meaning, but on the changes of such rituals _ how and when they occurred and how they may be explained. Based on case studies from a range of geographical regions and from different prehistoric and historical periods, a range of key themes are examined concerning belief and ritual, body and deposition, place, performance and commemoration, exploring a complex web of practices.

Author : Jane E Buikstra,Lane A Beck
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 629 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781315432922

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Bioarchaeology by Jane E Buikstra,Lane A Beck Pdf

The core subject matter of bioarchaeology is the lives of past peoples, interpreted anthropologically. Human remains, contextualized archaeologically and historically, form the unit of study. Integrative and frequently inter-disciplinary, bioarchaeology draws methods and theoretical perspectives from across the sciences and the humanities. Bioarchaeology: The Contextual Study of Human Remains focuses upon the contemporary practice of bioarchaeology in North American contexts, its accomplishments and challenges. Appendixes, a glossary and 150 page bibliography make the volume extremely useful for research and teaching.

Author : Ryan P. Harrod
Publisher : Springer
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319595160

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The Bioarchaeology of Social Control by Ryan P. Harrod Pdf

Taking a bioarchaeological approach, this book examines the Ancestral Pueblo culture living in the Four Corners region of the United States during the late Pueblo I through the end of the Pueblo III period (AD 850-1300). During this time, a vast system of pueblo villages spread throughout the region creating what has been called the Chaco Phenomenon, named after the large great houses in Chaco Canyon that are thought to have been centers of control. Through a bioarchaeological analysis of the human skeletal remains, this volume provides evidence that key individuals within the hierarchical social structure used a variety of methods of social control, including structural violence, to maintain their power over the interconnected communities.

Author : Anke Hein
Publisher : Springer
Page : 537 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2016-12-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319423845

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The Burial Record of Prehistoric Liangshan in Southwest China by Anke Hein Pdf

This book proposes a new model and scheme of analysis for complex burial material and applies it to the prehistoric archaeological record of the Liangshan region in Southwest China that other archaeologists have commonly given a wide berth, regarding it as too patchy, too inhomogeneous, and overall too unwieldy to work with. The model treats burials as composite objects, considering the various elements separately in their respective life histories. The application of this approach to the rich and diverse archaeological record of the Liangshan region serves as a test of this new form of analysis. This volume thus pursues two main aims: to advance the understanding of the archaeology of the immediate study area which has been little examined, and to present and test a new scheme of analysis that can be applied to other bodies of material.

Author : Carrie C. Heitman,Stephen Plog
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2015-04-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780816531608

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Chaco Revisited by Carrie C. Heitman,Stephen Plog Pdf

Bringing together both up-and-coming and well-known scholars of Chaco Canyon, Chaco Revisited provides readers with refreshing and updated analyses of research collected over the course of a century. Addressing age-old questions surrounding the canyon using new methods, contributors prove that Chaco Canyon was even more complex and fascinating than previously understood.

Author : Ann M. Palkovich
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031560231

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Bodies, Ontology, and Bioarchaeology by Ann M. Palkovich Pdf

Author : Stephen H. Lekson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105124167052

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A History of the Ancient Southwest by Stephen H. Lekson Pdf

According to archaeologist Stephen H. Lekson, much of what we think we know about the Southwest has been compressed into conventions and classifications and orthodoxies. This book challenges and reconfigures these accepted notions by telling two parallel stories, one about the development, personalities, and institutions of Southwestern archaeology and the other about interpretations of what actually happened in the ancient past. While many works would have us believe that nothing much ever happened in the ancient Southwest, this book argues that the region experienced rises and falls, kings and commoners, war and peace, triumphs and failures. In this view, Chaco Canyon was a geopolitical reaction to the "Colonial Period" Hohokam expansion and the Hohokam "Classic Period" was the product of refugee Chacoan nobles, chased off the Colorado Plateau by angry farmers. Far to the south, Casas Grandes was a failed attempt to create a Mesoamerican state, and modern Pueblo people--with societies so different from those at Chaco and Casas Grandes--deliberately rejected these monumental, hierarchical episodes of their past. From the publisher: The second printing of A History of the Ancient Southwest has corrected the errors noted below. SAR Press regrets an error on Page 72, paragraph 4 (also Page 275, note 2) regarding "absolute dates." "50,000 dates" was incorrectly published as "half a million dates." Also P. 125, lines 13-14: "Between 21,000 and 27,000 people lived there" should read "Between 2,100 and 2,700 people lived there."