Life within Death: Contextualizing Burial Practice at Kenan Tepe, Turkey, from the Ubaid Period to the Early Bronze Age

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Kenan Tepe, Turkey, is a multi-period archaeological site that was occupied during the Ubaid period (5000–4000 BCE), the Late Chalcolithic (3360–3020 BCE), and early Bronze Age (3000–2800 BCE) (Parker and Cobb 2012). During each of these periods residents of Kenan Tepe conducted distinct burial practices. These burials included the remains of individuals ranging from in-utero infants to older aged adults and represent multiple burial types and patterns. The excavated burials provide insights into individual health and social position; and reflect deeply embedding meanings in the burial practice. However, the practice of burial does not exist outside the larger social context. Shifting settlement patterns, socioeconomic systems and ideologies impact the practice of burial. An examination of the burial practices from the Ubaid to the Early Bronze at Kenan Tepe provides a window into a changing society and helps to situate the site in a larger regional and temporal context.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Abstract Id(s): 39822.0