Remembering the Dead in the Ancient Near East: Recent Contributions from Bioarchaeology and Mortuary Archaeology
Editor(s): Benjamin W. Porter; Alexis Boutin
Year: 2014
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 skill sets—osteological analysis, faunal analysis, culture history and the analysis of written texts, and artifact analysis—integrate 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 under-explored 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.
This resource is a sample of "Remembering the Dead in the Ancient Near East: Recent Contributions from Bioarchaeology and Mortuary Archaeology." Included is the title page, table of contents and first chapter. The publication in its entirety is available through the University Press of Colorado.
Cite this Record
Remembering the Dead in the Ancient Near East: Recent Contributions from Bioarchaeology and Mortuary Archaeology. Benjamin W. Porter, Alexis Boutin. 5589 Arapahoe Avenue, Suite 206C Boulder, Colorado 80303: University Press of Colorado. 2014 ( tDAR id: 399135) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8CF9RQX
URL: http://www.upcolorado.com/university-press-of-colorado/item/2042-remembering-...
Keywords
Culture
Akkadian
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EGYPTIAN
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Nubian
Material
Fauna
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Human Remains
Site Name
Bab edh-Dhra'
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Domuztepe
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Kish, Iraq
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Tombos
Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview
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Bioarchaeological Research
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Ethnographic Research
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Ethnohistoric Research
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Historic Background Research
General
Akkadian Identity
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Ancient Burials
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Ancient Tombs
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Colonial encounters
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Cultural Disposal
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Group Identity
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Nubian Empire
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Peter B. Cornwall Collection
Geographic Keywords
Bab edh-Dhra', Jordan
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Dilmun
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Egypt
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Iraq
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Jordan
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Kish, Iraq
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Near East
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Southeast Turkey
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Turkey
Temporal Keywords
Bronze Age
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Early Bronze Age
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Late Neolithic
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Neolithic
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New Kingdom Egypt
Spatial Coverage
min long: 19.336; min lat: 12.039 ; max long: 74.707; max lat: 49.724 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Beth Svinarich; Christina Torres-Rouff
Contributor(s): Benjamin W. Porter; Alexis Boutin; Rachel Bichener; Michele Buzon; Stuart Campbell; Meredith Chesson; Gretchen R. Dabbs; Blair M. Daverman; Lesley Gregoricka; Sarah Kansa; Hannah Lau; William Pestle; Susan G. Sheridan; Stuart Smith; Jaime Ullinger; Melissa Zabecki
Permitting Agency(s): University Press of Colorado
Repository(s): University Press of Colorado
Notes
General Note: This resource is a sample of "Remembering the Dead in the Ancient Near East: Recent Contributions from Bioarchaeology and Mortuary Archaeology." Included is the title page, table of contents and first chapter. The publication in its entirety is available through the University Press of Colorado.
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