Mortuary Display and Status in a Nineteenth-Century Anglo-American Cemetery in Manassas, Virginia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2575194 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Barbara J Little (University of Maryland, College Park, corresponding author), Kim M Lanphear (Smithsonian Institution), Douglas W Owsley (0000-0001-5071-6910, Smithsonian Institution) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 397-418 |
| Publication date | 1992-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7316 • E-ISSN: 2325-5064 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/280930 |
| OpenAlex | W2028213415 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 41 |
| References cited | 35 |
In this study of an Anglo-American cemetery used between the 1830s and 1907, contemporary mortuary trends and cultural attitudes toward death provide the historical context necessary to interpret variation in mortuary display. Analysis of skeletal remains provides information on dental caries, dental care, and enamel hypoplasia and allows comparison of the relatively high-status Weir family's health with that of other population samples. Analysis of artifacts reveals four styles of grave decoration attributed not to intrasite status variability but to the appearance, peak, and decline of Victorian era cultural expressions of the 'beautification' of death. Within this wider cultural trend, intersite comparisons may be made of status display. The rise and decline of the nineteenth-century ideal of the beautification of death adds vital cultural content for understanding the material expression of an observed process that is a cycle of display
Archaeology · Beautification · Biology · Context (archaeology) · Population · Sociology · Demography · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History · Paleopathology and ancient diseases
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| Unique citing works | 41 |
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| Citations per year | 1,24 |
| Citation span | 1993 - 2026 (34) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 38 |