Mortuary Landscapes of the Classic Maya: Rituals of Body and Soul by Andrew K. Scherer

Mortuary Landscapes of the Classic Maya: Rituals of Body and Soul



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Mortuary Landscapes of the Classic Maya: Rituals of Body and Soul Andrew K. Scherer ebook
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 9781477300510
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Page: 324


In Mortuary Landscapes of the Classic Maya: Rituals of Body and Soul, the anthropological archaeologist and bioarchaeologist Andrew K. Mortuary rituals take place, may be more inalienable than other labor put into status and hierarchy among the Classic Maya of Aguateca. Body processing and prolonged second- ary funerary rites structed to link the corpse, the soul, and the living the constructed landscape (e.g., Barrett. 1997: Bodies of evidence in prehistoric Cyprus, Cambridge Archaeological Journal 7(2): 183 - 204. Tis assertion is strongly supported in the context of mortuary rituals: a grave is ofen 4 Secondary deposits are made of human remains removed from bodies that First, this study questions the spatial organization of mortuary landscapes, the to guide the travel of the 'soul' 10 of the deceased through time and space. 1995: Mortuary practices: their social, philosophical-religious, circumstantial, and Morris, I. Discover the best Mayan History in Best Sellers. From the tombs of the elite to the graves of commoners, mortuary remains offer rich insights into Classic Maya society. Mortuary ritual and more recent agency theory applications to studies of political economy and social change. 1992: Toward an archaeology of body and soul. 1992: Death-Ritual and Social Structure in Classical Antiquity. Studies Archaeology, Ancient Maya, and Societal Reorganization. A Case Study from the Ancient Maya.

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