Engendering the Monongahela: Social and Spatial Dimensions of the Johnston(36In2) Village Site Mortuary Practices

Summary

Since the early 1930s, systematic archaeological excavations of Monongahela sites have produced a large mortuary assemblage. Despite the large number of burials, Monongahela mortuary studies have remained mainly descriptive. Previous attempts to categorize Monongahela mortuary behavior have relied on generalities about Monongahela burial data, masking the importance of gender and age variability within a site. This research presents the results from a study using comparisons of patterns among spatially segregated burials, gravegood associations, mortality curves, grave orientation and spatial patterns which provides information important to understanding the range of different activities and contexts that likely involved gender. The results of this research provide a baseline for an examination of the Monongahela mortuary complex in relation to the cultural manifestations of the Johnston Site, Blairsville Pennsylvania (36In2).

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• Society for American Archaeology 81st Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL (2016)

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