The funeral kit
Subtitle: mortuary practices in the archaeological record
By: Jill L Baker
Publisher: Left Coast Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Walnut Creek, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
ISBN-13: 9781598746716; 9781598746723; 9781598746730
Subjects: Cross-cultural studies; Death; Funeral rites and ceremonies; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology; Human remains (Archaeology); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Death & Dying; Ethnoarchaeology
Description: "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 have to say about the world view and religious beliefs of that culture? Baker begins with the Middle and Late Bronze Age tombs in the southern Levant, then expands her scope in ever widening circles to create a general model of the funeral kit of use to archaeologists in a wide variety of cultures and settings. The volume will be of equal value to specialists in Near Eastern archaeology and those who study mortuary remains in ancient cultures worldwide"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: List of Figures Preface Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: The Archaeology of Death and Burial: Established Interpretations, Terminologies and Definitions Chapter 3: The Funeral Kit Model Chapter 4: Beyond the Model: The Funeral Kit in Wider Canaan (Middle Bronze IIB/C-Late Bronze Age II) Chapter 5: The Genesis and Extinction of the Funeral Kit in Canaan Chapter 6: Beyond Canaan: The Funeral Kit in Wider Geographical and Chronological Contexts Chapter 7: Theory and Practice Chapter 8: The Ties That Bind References Index About the Author.