TY - JOUR
T1 - Chapter 1. Siting, sighting, and citing the dead
AU - Charles, Douglas K.
AU - Buikstra, Jane E.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2002/1
Y1 - 2002/1
N2 - From the Middle Archaic through Mississippian periods of the prehistoric American Midwest (ca. 7000-700 B.P.), the specific location, form, and intensity of funerary activity varied through time, but always within a limited, yet evolving, range of alternatives. This material record can be understood as resulting from the interaction of traditional (i.e., meaningful) symbolic systems, the agency of the participants, and specific (i.e., historical) social, economic, and political contexts. In particular, we examine the shifting emphasis on mortuary ritual versus ancestor cult and how this is manifested in terms of the location and form of burial mounds and cemeteries.
AB - From the Middle Archaic through Mississippian periods of the prehistoric American Midwest (ca. 7000-700 B.P.), the specific location, form, and intensity of funerary activity varied through time, but always within a limited, yet evolving, range of alternatives. This material record can be understood as resulting from the interaction of traditional (i.e., meaningful) symbolic systems, the agency of the participants, and specific (i.e., historical) social, economic, and political contexts. In particular, we examine the shifting emphasis on mortuary ritual versus ancestor cult and how this is manifested in terms of the location and form of burial mounds and cemeteries.
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U2 - 10.1525/ap3a.2002.11.1.13
DO - 10.1525/ap3a.2002.11.1.13
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85040389111
SN - 1551-823X
VL - 11
SP - 13
EP - 25
JO - Archeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association
JF - Archeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association
IS - 1
ER -