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Hardcover The Archaeology of Death and Burial Book

ISBN: 0890969264

ISBN13: 9780890969267

The Archaeology of Death and Burial

(Part of the Texas A&M University Anthropology Series Series)

The archaeology of death and burial is central to our attempts to understand vanished societies. Through the remains of funerary rituals we learn not only about prehistoric people's attitudes toward death and the afterlife but also about their culture, social system, and world view. This ambitious book reviews the latest research in this huge and important field and describes the sometimes controversial interpretations that have led to our understanding...

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