Afterword Visible Death: Mortuary Site and Mortuary Landscape in Diachronic Perspective

Identidad guerrera tlaxcalteca del Posclásico tardío

“…Es posible entender la identidad y aspectos de las relaciones sociales a través de los ajuares mortuorios e información osteológica, ya que este tipo de evidencia contiene información sobre la historia de la vida de los individuos. El contexto mortuorio es definido como un sitio de identidad idealizada (Ashmore y Gellar 2005;Goldstein 2002;Joyce 2001), lo cual significa que, en vez de una representación de la personalidad o posición social actual del individuo enterrado, el contexto representa una identidad construida de quienes lo enterraron. Bajo esta perspectiva, la identidad presenta una versión idealizada de la cultura, probablemente mostrando más una expectativa de lo que se esperaba, en lugar de lo que realmente era.…”

Secondary burial cemeteries, visibility and land tenure: A view from the southern Levant Chalcolithic period

“…Data obtained from archaeological excavations of burial sites usually includes artifacts, installations, structures, and bones. While these remain the traditional focus of archaeological study and interpretation, additional important information can be derived from studying the location of burial sites in the landscape (Clarke, 1977;Goldstein, 1981Goldstein, , 2002Williams, 1999). Significant changes in mortuary practices were introduced during the Chalcolithic period in the southern Levant.…”

“…Bradley, 1998;Cannon, 2002;Clarke, 1977;Goldstein, 2002;Hutchinson and Aragon, 2002;Renfrew, 1976;Williams, 1999). Despite the growing number of Ghassulian secondary burial sites, the spatial component of these burials has received relatively little treatment by scholars (excluding Joffe, 2003).…”

5 Residential Burial and the Metal Age of Thailand

“…Where a society places its deceased individuals is an important variable for archaeologists studying mortuary remains to determine, as spatial location of mortuary behaviors has important implications for reconstructing past social systems (Goldstein 2002). Characterization of the social organization of metal age Thailand (ca.…”