Uncovering identity in mortuary analysis : community-sensitive methods for identifying group affiliation in historical cemeteries / Michael P. Heilen, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Heilen, Michael.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Statistical Research, Inc.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human remains (Archaeology)--Arizona--Tucson.

Human remains (Archaeology).

Demographic archaeology--Arizona--Tucson.

Demographic archaeology.

Ethnoarchaeology--Arizona--Tucson.

Ethnoarchaeology.

Cemeteries--Arizona--Tucson--History.

Cemeteries.

Forensic anthropology--Arizona--Tucson.

Forensic anthropology.

Forensic archaeology--Arizona--Tucson.

Forensic archaeology.

Ethnic groups--Arizona--Tucson.

Ethnic groups.

History.

Tucson (Ariz.)--Antiquities.

Tucson (Ariz.).

Arizona--Tucson.

Physical Description:

311 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm.

Place of Publication:

Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press ; Tuscon, Ariz. : SRI Press, [2012]

Summary:

Heilen, an archaeologist, outlines a set of methods archaeologists can use to identify individuals and group affiliations in a multiethnic historical cemetery. Along with other archaeologists, anthropologists, and an osteologist, he was involved in the Joint Courts Complex Archaeological Project, which involved about 1,000 nineteenth-century burials in the Alameda-Stone cemetery in downtown Tucson, Arizona. The book is based on the first volume of a four-volume report series completed for the project and focuses on the cemetery component. The eight chapters describe the project, the growth and abandonment of the cemetery, project planning, the study of identity in archeology and mortuary contexts, and project methods; the historical context of Tucson prior to and during the establishment, use, and abandonment of the cemetery, and its archeology and history; the design and results of identity assessments conducted for the project; the historical, contextual, and osteological evidence for diet, nutrition, disease, trauma, medical intervention, and demography; the deathways practiced by Hispanic Catholics and Euroamericans, with a focus on the effects of cemetery reform and the Civil War on mortuary behavior; the mortuary data; comparisons of results with other cemeteries; and the reparation and reburial of remains. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

1611321840

9781611321838

1611321832

9781611321845

9781611321852

1611321859

9781611326338

1611326338

OCLC:

764364265

Publisher Number:

99949652185