The Funeral Kit: Mortuary Practices in the Archaeological Record

by Jill L. Baker

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1598746723
• ISBN13: 9781598746723
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"