The funeral kit : mortuary practices in the archaeological record /

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"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...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Baker, Jill L., 1964-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Walnut Creek, CA : Left Coast Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Funeral rites and ceremonies > Cross-cultural studies.
Death > Social aspects > Cross-cultural studies.
Human remains (Archaeology) > Cross-cultural studies.
Ethnoarchaeology.
Funérailles > Rites et cérémonies > Études transculturelles.
Mort > Aspect social > Études transculturelles.
Restes humains (Archéologie) > Études transculturelles.
Ethnoarchéologie.
ethnoarchaeology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Archaeology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Death & Dying.
Death > Social aspects
Ethnoarchaeology
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Human remains (Archaeology)
Cross-cultural studies
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"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"--
Item Description:The archaeology of death and burial: established interpretations, terminologies and definitions -- The funeral kit model -- Beyond the model: the funeral kit in wider Canaan (middle Bronze IIB/C-late Bronze Age II) -- The genesis and extinction of the funeral kit in Canaan -- Beyond Canaan: the funeral kit in wider geographical and chronological contexts -- Theory and practice -- The ties that bind.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781598746730
1598746731

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