Regional approaches to mortuary analysis /
In this volume, archaeologists offer a new direction for burial research by expanding the models for mortuary analysis from a site-specific to a regional level. Contributors explore how regional mortuary approaches allow the introduction of new questions about peer polity interactions and regional a...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Springer Science+Business Media, LLC,
[1995]
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| Series: | Interdisciplinary contributions to archaeology.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | In this volume, archaeologists offer a new direction for burial research by expanding the models for mortuary analysis from a site-specific to a regional level. Contributors explore how regional mortuary approaches allow the introduction of new questions about peer polity interactions and regional alliances-extending traditional settlement system and exchange analyses. This volume features case studies examining mortuary sites as components of the archaeological landscape. |
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| Item Description: | Papers based on a conference held in London over 10 years ago and published as The Archaeology of Death (Chapman, Kinnes, and Randsborg 1981). Originally published by Plenum Press, New York in 1995. "Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1995"--Title page verso. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xix, 280 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781489913104 (electronic bk.) 1489913106 (electronic bk.) |