Rakita_The Mortuary Practices of the Casas Grandes Region: A Preliminary Database.

Author(s): Gordon Rakita

Year: 2011

Summary

I present a preliminary regional database of mortuary practices for the Casas Grandes region of Chihuahua, Mexico. The reported prehistoric mortuary remains from the region are overwhelmingly drawn from the Paquime and Convento sites reported by Charles C. DiPeso and colleagues. Often overlooked, however, are several smaller samples that are reported with less detail. Given the complex nature of mortuary ritual from the region (especially in the late ceramic periods), the structure of the database and the recorded variables is equally complex. The data highlight several challenges to establishing a regional database of Southwestern mortuary practices.

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Rakita_The Mortuary Practices of the Casas Grandes Region: A Preliminary Database.. Gordon Rakita. 2011 ( tDAR id: 6293) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8DF6PJD

Keywords

Culture
Ancestral Puebloan • Archaic • Casas Grandes • Historic • Historic Native American • Hohokam • Mimbres • Mogollon • Sinagua • Spanish

Material
Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Fauna • Ground Stone • Human Remains • Macrobotanical • Mineral • Shell • Wood

Site Name
Agua Zarca • Casas Grandes • Convento • Cueva de la Olla (Olla Cave) • La Morita • Paquime • Reyes Nos. 1 & 2 • San Antonio de Padua • Swallow Cave

Site Type
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Non-Domestic Structures • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features

Investigation Types
Bioarchaeological Research • Collections Research • Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis • Records Search / Inventory Checking • Research Design / Data Recovery Plan

Temporal Keywords
Espanoles / Historic period • Medio period • Viejo period

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 600 to 1600

Spatial Coverage

min long: -109.006; min lat: 29.267 ; max long: -106.37; max lat: 31.747 ;

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