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Title Remembering the dead in the ancient Near East : recent contributions from bioarchaeology and mortuary archaeology / [edited by] Benjamin W. Porter & Alexis T. Boutin.

Publication Info. Boulder : University Press of Colorado, [2014]
©2014

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 261 pages)
data file
Physical Medium polychrome
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary 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.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Language English.
Subject Human remains (Archaeology) -- Middle East -- Methodology.
Human remains (Archaeology)
Middle East.
Methodology.
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Middle East.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Middle East.
Funeral rites and ceremonies.
Human skeleton -- Analysis.
Human skeleton -- Analysis.
Human skeleton.
Middle East -- Antiquities.
Antiquities.
Genre/Form Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Added Author Boutin, Alexis T., editor.
Porter, Benjamin W., 1974- editor.
Other Form: Print version: Remembering the dead in the ancient Near East. Boulder, Colorado : University Press of Colorado, 2014 9781607323242 (DLC) 2014001151 (OCoLC)879119395
ISBN 9781607323259 (electronic book)
1607323257 (electronic book)
9781457188206
1457188201
9781457188220
1457188228
9781607323242 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
1607323249 (cloth ; alkaline paper)