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Ancient Southwestern mortuary practices / edited by James T. Watson and Gordon F.M. Rakita.

Rakita, Gordon F. M., 1971- (editor.). Watson, James T. (James Thomas), (editor.).

Summary:

"Chronicles the modal patterns, diversity, and change of ancient mortuary practices across the US Southwest and northwest Mexico over four thousand years of Prehispanic occupation. Summarizes new methodological approaches and theoretical issues concerning the meaning and importance of burial practices to different peoples at different times"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 1646420136
ISBN: 9781646420131
Physical Description: 1 online resource : illustrations
Publisher: Louisville, Colorado : University Press of Colorado, [2020]

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:september.21 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction to ancient Southwestern mortuary practices / Gordon F.M. Rakita, James T. Watson, Sharon Wester, and M. Scott Thompson -- Mortuary patterns of the Durango basketmakers : a local and temporal study / Dawn M. Mulhern and Mona C. Charles -- Mortuary contexts and pit structure burials in Mesa Verde Region Pueblo I villages / Ann L.W. Stodder -- Exploring mortuary variability in the northern Rio Grande / Nancy J. Akins -- Separating the dead from the living : identification of migrants in the Taos Valley / Catrina Banks Whitley -- Mortuary practices among early farming communities in the Sonoran Desert / James T. Watson -- Cremation funeral customs among the classic period Hohokam of the Tucson Basin / Jessica I. Cerezon-Rom�an -- Of change and tradition : examining mortuary and ceramic patterns in the Mimbres region of southwest New Mexico / Alison K. Livesay and Patricia A. Gilman -- The Longue Dur�ee of mortuary ritual in Chihuahua, Mexico / Gordon F.M. Rakita -- Variation across ancient Southwestern mortuary practices / James T. Watson -- Contextualizing mortuary practices in the ancient southwest / Lynne Goldstein.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by JSTOR.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 30, 2020).