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The poetics of processing : memory formation, identity, and the handling of the dead /

"Examines complex cultural meanings of manipulation of remains after death and combines social theory and bioarchaeology to examine how the living manipulate the bodies of the dead for social purposes. From prehistoric to modern and old world to the new, humans have a relationship with the dead...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Osterholtz, Anna J. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Louisville, Colorado : University Press of Colorado, [2020]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Examines complex cultural meanings of manipulation of remains after death and combines social theory and bioarchaeology to examine how the living manipulate the bodies of the dead for social purposes. From prehistoric to modern and old world to the new, humans have a relationship with the dead that doesn't cease with physical death"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 264 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1646420616
9781646420612