Ancient Burial Practices in the American Southwest: Archaeology, Physical Anthropology, and Native American Perspectives
by Mitchell, Douglas R.Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2001-11-01
Publisher(s): Univ of New Mexico Pr
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Summary
Prehistoric burial practices provide an unparalleled opportunity for understanding and reconstructing ancient civilizations and for identifying the influences that helped shape them.
Table of Contents
| List of Figures | p. vi |
| List of Tables | p. viii |
| Foreword | p. x |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Hopi Perspectives on Southwestern Mortuary Studies | p. 9 |
| Ideologies of Death and Power in the Hohokam Community of La Ciudad | p. 27 |
| An Evaluation of Classic Period Hohokam Burials and Society: Chiefs, Priests, or Acephalous Complexity? | p. 45 |
| Mortuary Ritual and Organizational Inferences at Grasshopper Pueblo, Arizona | p. 68 |
| A Study of Sinagua Mortuary Practices and Their Implications | p. 97 |
| Salado Burial Practices | p. 123 |
| Foundations of Political Power in Ancestral Zuni Society | p. 149 |
| Chaco Canyon Mortuary Practices Archaeological Correlates of Complexity | p. 167 |
| Morbidity and Mortality in a Classic-Period Hohokam Community | p. 191 |
| Unequal Treatment in Life as in Death: Trauma and Mortuary Behavior at La Plata (A.D. 1000-1300) | p. 223 |
| Ancient Southwest Mortuary Practices: Perspectives from Outside the Southwest | p. 249 |
| Epilogue | p. 254 |
| List of Contributors | p. 256 |
| Index | p. 257 |
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