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MISSISSIPPIAN MORTUARY PRACTICES
BEYOND HIERARCHY AND THE REPRESENTATIONIST PERSPECTIVE |
| By: |
Lynne P. Sullivan (Editor), Robert C. Mainfort (Editor) |
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Paperback |
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£24.46 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0813042011 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780813042015 |
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| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY PRESS OF FLORIDA |
| Pub. date: |
15 January, 2012 |
| Series: |
Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P.Bullen Series |
| Pages: |
320 |
| Synopsis: |
"A richly detailed edited volume that reexamines Mississippian mortuary practices in light of current anthropological and archaeological theoretical perspectives."--C. Cliff Boyd, Radford University"Shows that instead of reflecting status, mortuary programs actually use the dead to refract, realign, and repurpose the roles and relations of the living."--Alex W. Barker, University of MissouriThe residents of Mississippian towns principally located in the southeastern and midwestern United States from 900 to1500 A.D. made many beautiful objects, which included elaborate and well-crafted copper and shell ornaments, pottery vessels, and stonework. Some of these objects were socially valued goods and often were placed in ritual context, such as graves. The funerary context of these artifacts has sparked considerable study and debate among archaeologists, raising questions about the place in society of the individuals interred with such items, as well as the nature of the societies in which these people lived. By focusing on how mortuary practices serve as symbols of beliefs and values for the living, the contributors to Mississippian Mortuary Practicesexplore how burial of the dead reflects and reinforces the cosmology of specific cultures, the status of living participants in the burial ceremony, ongoing kin relationships, and other aspects of social organization." |
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University Press of Florida |
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