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Approaches to anthropological archaeology.
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| Summary |
Death, grief and funerary practices are central to any analysis of social, anthropological, artistic and religious worlds. However, cemeteries - the key conceptual and physical site for death - have rarely been the focus of archaeological research. Prioritizing Death and Society examines the structure, organisation and significance of cemeteries in the Southern Levant, one of the key areas for both migration and settlement in both prehistory and antiquity. |
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Spanning 6,000 years, from the Chalcolithic to the present day, Prioritizing Death and Society presents new research to analyse the formation and regional variation in cemeteries. By examining both ancient and present-day - nationally Jewish - cemeteries, the study reveals the commonalities and differences in the ways in which death has been and continues to be ritualised, memorialised and understood. -- Publisher. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-298) and index. |
| Subjects |
Death -- Social aspects -- Middle East -- History.
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Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Middle East.
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Cemeteries -- Middle East.
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Human remains (Archaeology) -- Middle East.
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| Subject Keywords |
Cemeteries / Middle East. |
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Death / Social aspects / Middle East / History. |
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Funeral rites and ceremonies / Middle East. |
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Human remains (Archaeology) / Middle East. |
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Middle East -- Antiquities.
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Middle East / Antiquities. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books. |
| Other Author |
eBook Academic Collection - North America
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| ISBN |
9781844657513 |
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1844657515 |
| OCLC/Bib Util # |
ssj0001171681 |
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