TY  - GEN
T1  - Remembering the dead in the ancient Near East : recent contributions from bioarchaeology and mortuary archaeology
A2  - Boutin, Alexis T.
A2  - Porter, Benjamin W.
LA  - English
PP  - Boulder
PB  - University Press of Colorado
YR  - 2014
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn892430391
AB  - Remembering the Dead in the Ancient Near East is among the first comprehensive treatments to present the diverse ways in which ancient Near Eastern civilizations memorialized and honored their dead, using mortuary rituals, human skeletal remains, and embodied identities as a window into the memory work of past societies. In six case studies teams of researchers with different skillsets⁰́₄osteological analysis, faunal analysis, culture history and the analysis of written texts, and artifact analysis⁰́₄integrate mortuary analysis with bioarchaeological techniques. Drawing upon different kinds of data, including human remains, ceramics, jewelry, spatial analysis, and faunal remains found in burial sites from across the region's societies, the authors paint a robust and complex picture of death in the ancient Near East. Demonstrating the still underexplored potential of bioarchaeological analysis in ancient societies, Remembering the Dead in the Ancient Near East serves as a model for using multiple lines of evidence to reconstruct commemoration practices. It will be of great interest to students and scholars of ancient Near Eastern and Egyptian societies, the archaeology of death and burial, bioarchaeology, and human skeletal biology.
OP  - 261
CN  - DS56 .R456 2014eb
SN  - 9781607323259
SN  - 1607323257
SN  - 9781457188206
SN  - 1457188201
SN  - 9781457188220
SN  - 1457188228
SN  - 9781607323242
SN  - 1607323249
KW  - Human remains (Archaeology) : Middle East : Methodology.
KW  - Excavations (Archaeology) : Middle East.
KW  - Funeral rites and ceremonies : Middle East.
KW  - Human skeleton : Analysis.
KW  - Middle East : Antiquities.
KW  - Squelette humain : Analyse.
KW  - Moyen-Orient : Antiquités.
KW  - HISTORY : Ancient : General.
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE : General.
KW  - Antiquities
KW  - Excavations (Archaeology)
KW  - Funeral rites and ceremonies
KW  - Human remains (Archaeology) : Methodology
KW  - Human skeleton : Analysis
KW  - Middle East
ER  -