Prioritizing death and society: the archaeology of Chalcolithic and contemporary cemeteries in the Southern Levant

Death, grief and funerary practices are central to any analysis of social, anthropological, artistic and religious worlds. However, cemeteries - the key conceptual and physical site for death - have rarely been the focus of archaeological research. Prioritizing Death and Society examines the structu...

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Main Author: Nativ, Assaf (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: London [u.a.] Routledge 2014
In:Year: 2014
Series/Journal:Approaches to anthropological archaeology
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Levant (Süd) / Cemetery / Archaeology / History
B Levant (Süd) / Copper age / Burial place / Archaeology
B Levant (Süd) / Cemetery / Archaeology
Further subjects:B Human remains (Archaeology) (Middle East)
B Funeral rites and ceremonies (Middle East)
B Middle East Antiquities
B Cemeteries (Middle East)
B Death Social aspects (Middle East) History
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