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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Boutin, Alexis T.

Porter, Benjamin W., 1974-

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human remains (Archaeology)--Middle East--Methodology.

Human remains (Archaeology).

Excavations (Archaeology)--Middle East.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Human skeleton--Analysis.

Human skeleton.

Funeral rites and ceremonies.

Methodology.

Middle East.

Funeral rites and ceremonies--Middle East.

Middle East--Antiquities.

Antiquities.

Human remains (Archaeology)--Methodology.

Physical Description:

xv, 261 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colorado : University Press of Colorado, 2014.

Contents:

1 Introduction: Bringing Out the Dead in the Ancient Near East / Benjamin W. Porter Porter, Benjamin W., Alexis T. Boutin Boutin, Alexis T. 1

2 Burying Things: Practices of Cultural Disposal at Late Neolithic Domuztepe, Southeast Turkey / Stuart Campbell Campbell, Stuart, Sarah Whitcher Kansa Kansa, Sarah Whitcher, Rachel Bichener Bichener, Rachel, Hannah Lau Lau, Hannah 27

3 Strange People and Exotic Things: Constructing Akkadian Identity at Kish, Iraq / William J. Pestle Pestle, William J., Christina Torres-Rouff Torres-Rouff, Christina, Blair Daverman Daverman, Blair 61

4 Commemorating Disability in Early Dilmun: Ancient and Contemporary Tales from the Peter B. Cornwall Collection / Alexis T. Boutin Boutin, Alexis T., Benjamin W. Porter Porter, Benjamin W. 97

5 Bioarchaeological Reconstruction of Group Identity at Early Bronze Age Bab edh-Dhra', Jordan / Susan Guise Sheridan Sheridan, Susan Guise, Jaime Ullinger Ullinger, Jaime, Lesley Gregoricka Gregoricka, Lesley, Meredith S. Chesson Chesson, Meredith S. 133

6 Identity, Commemoration, and Remembrance in Colonial Encounters: Burials at Tombos during the Egyptian New Kingdom Nubian Empire and Its Aftermath / Stuart Tyson Smith Smith, Stuart Tyson, Michele R. Buzon Buzon, Michele R. 185

7 Abandoned Memories: A Cemetery of Forgotten Souls? / Gretchen R. Dabbs Dabbs, Gretchen R., Melissa Zabecki Zabecki, Melissa 217.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-250) and index.

Local Notes:

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

ISBN:

9781607323242

1607323249

9781607323259

1607323257

OCLC:

879119395

Publisher Number:

99960993538