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Interacting with the Dead - Perspectives on Mortuary Archaeology for the New Millennium (Paperback)
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Interacting with the Dead - Perspectives on Mortuary Archaeology for the New Millennium (Paperback)
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"The impressive geographical, temporal, and topical coverage makes
this volume by far the best of its kind to appear in recent
years."--George R. Milner, Pennsylvania State University "A
kaleidoscopic collection of studies with fascinating insights into
the myriad and bizarre ways that our species has treated its dead
... global coverage of human interactions with our dead, past and
present ... an indispensable reference for all scholars interested
in death and burial."--Michael Parker Pearson, University of
Sheffield This collection explores the behavioral and social facets
of funerary, mortuary, and burial rites in both past and present
societies. By utilizing data from around the world and combining
recent and ongoing concerns in anthropology, it takes the study of
mortuary archaeology to a new and significant level of
interdisciplinary research. Drawing inspiration from ethnohistory,
ethnography, bioarchaeology, and sociocultural anthropology, the
authors focus on themes of gender, ancestorhood, ritual violence,
individual agency, space and placement, and extended and secondary
mortuary ceremonialism. They also expand the interdisciplinary
focus of mortuary practices and reassess previous anthropological
theories. No previously published work on the archaeology of
mortuary remains presents such a range of examples of ritual
practices through time and around the globe. Because of its wide
scope and interdisciplinary approach, Interacting with the Dead
will be indispensable not only to archaeologists and
anthropologists but also across the social sciences and humanities
and to all who study cross-cultural rituals.
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