1st Edition
The Funeral Kit Mortuary Practices in the Archaeological Record
By Jill L Baker
Copyright 2012
230 Pages
by
Routledge
230 Pages
by
Routledge
230 Pages
by
Routledge
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Studies of mortuary archaeology tend to focus on difference—how the researcher can identify age, gender, status, and ethnicity from the contents of a burial. Jill L. Baker’s innovative approach begins from the opposite point: how can you recognize the commonalities of a culture from the “funeral kit” that occurs in all burials, irrespective of status differences? And what do those commonalities... Read more
Chapter 1 Introduction ; Chapter 2 The Archaeology of Death and Burial: Established Interpretations, Terminologies, and Definitions ; Chapter 3 The Funeral Kit Model ; Chapter 4 The Funeral Kit in Wider Canaan (MB IIB/C—LB II) ; Chapter 5 The Genesis and Extinction of The Funeral Kit in Canaan ; Chapter 6 Beyond Canaan: The Funeral Kit in a Wider Geographical and Chronological Context ; Chapter 7 Evidence and Theory ; Chapter 8 The Ties That Bind ;
Biography
Baker, Jill L
