Ancient burial practices in the American Southwest : archaeology, physical anthropology, and Native American perspectives / edited by Douglas R. Mitchell, Judy L. Brunson-Hadley ; foreword by Dorothy Lippert.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mitchell, Douglas R.

Brunson-Hadley, Judy L., 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Funeral customs and rites--Southwest, New.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Funeral customs and rites.

Antiquities.

Archaeologists.

Grave goods.

Government policy.

Indians of North America--Material culture.

New Southwest.

Indians of North America--Anthropometry--Southwest, New.

Indians of North America--Anthropometry.

Indians of North America--Material culture--Southwest, New.

Human remains (Archaeology)--Repatriation--Southwest, New.

Human remains (Archaeology).

Human remains (Archaeology)--Repatriation.

Cultural property--Repatriation--Southwest, New.

Cultural property.

Cultural property--Repatriation.

Grave goods--Government policy--Southwest, New.

Archaeologists--Southwest, New--Attitudes.

United States. Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.

United States.

Southwest, New--Antiquities--Collection and preservation.

Southwest, New.

Physical Description:

xii, 264 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [2001]

Contents:

2. Hopi Perspectives on Southwestern Mortuary Studies / T. J. Ferguson, Kurt E. Dongoske, Leigh J. Kuwanwisiwma 9

3. Ideologies of Death and Power in the Hohokam Community of La Ciudad / Randall H. McGuire 27

4. An Evaluation of Classic Period Hohokam Burials and Society: Chiefs, Priests, or Acephalous Complexity? / Douglas R. Mitchell, Judy L. Brunson-Hadley 45

5. Mortuary Ritual and Organizational Inferences at Grasshopper Pueblo, Arizona / Stephanie M. Whittlesey, J. Jefferson Reid 68

6. A Study of Sinagua Mortuary Practices and Their Implications / John W. Hohmann 97

7. Salado Burial Practices / Chris Loendorf 123

8. Foundations of Political Power in Ancestral Zuni Society / Todd L. Howell 149

9. Chaco Canyon Mortuary Practices Archaeological Correlates of Complexity / Nancy J. Akins 167

10. Morbidity and Mortality in a Classic-Period Hohokam Community / Susan Guise Sheridan 191

11. Unequal Treatment in Life as in Death: Trauma and Mortuary Behavior at La Plata (A.D. 1000-1300) / Debra L. Martin, Nancy J. Akins 223

12. Ancient Southwest Mortuary Practices: Perspectives from Outside the Southwest / Lynne Goldstein 249.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0826322468

OCLC:

46359697