Hunter-gatherer mortuary practices during the central Texas Archaic
By: Leland C. Bement.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Texas archaeology and ethnohistory series
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 165
Subjects: Indians of North America -- Funeral customs and rites -- Texas -- Edwards Plateau.; Indians of North America -- Anthropometry -- Texas -- Edwards Plateau.; Indians of North America -- Texas -- Edwards Plateau -- Antiquities.; Animal remains (Archaeology) -- Texas -- Edwards Plateau.; Plant remains (Archaeology) -- Texas -- Edwards Plateau.; Bering Sinkhole Site (Tex.); Edwards Plateau (Tex.) -- Antiquities.
Description: Archaeological studies over the past eighty years have reconstructed the subsistence, technology, and settlement patterns of the Edwards Plateau hunter-gatherers, but until now little information has been available on their burial practices, due to the scarcity of known burial sites.

This detailed archaeological report describes the human skeletal remains, burial furnishings, and fauna recovered from Bering Sinkhole in Kerr County, the first carefully excavated hunter-gatherer burial site in central Texas. This comprehensive site report provides valuable baseline data for all students of hunter-gatherer societies. It will also be of interest to the growing number of avocational archaeologists in Texas.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-159) and index.