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The funeral kit : mortuary practices in the archaeological record / Jill L Baker

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Baker, Jill L., 1964-
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Walnut Creek, CA : Left Coast Press, 2011.
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Contents
List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; 1: Introduction; 2: The Archaeology of Death and Burial: Established Interpretations, Terminologies, and Definitions; 3: The Funeral Kit Model; 4: The Funeral Kit in Wider Canaan (MB IIB/C-LB II); 5: The Genesis and Extinction of the Funeral Kit in Canaan; 6: Beyond Canaan: The Funeral Kit in a Wider Geographical and Chronological Context; 7: Evidence and Theory; 8: The Ties That Bind; Appendix A: Clustered and Nonclustered Burials in Tomb Chambers 5, 8, 11, 13, 14, 16 at Ashkelon.
Summary
"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"--
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9781598746730 (electronic bk.)
1598746731 (electronic bk.)
9781598746716
1598746715
9781598746723
1598746723
Note
The archaeology of death and burial: established interpretations, terminologies and definitions -- The funeral kit model -- Beyond the model: the funeral kit in wider Canaan (middle Bronze IIB/C-late Bronze Age II) -- The genesis and extinction of the funeral kit in Canaan -- Beyond Canaan: the funeral kit in wider geographical and chronological contexts -- Theory and practice -- The ties that bind.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references.
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