Urn-Burial in Central Alabama
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2561022 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter A Brannon (Alabama Department of Commerce, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1938 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 228-235 |
| Publication date | 1938-01-01 |
| 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 | 10.2307/275259 |
| OpenAlex | W1983215980 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
The custom of burying the dead in earthenware vessels, or more briefly, urn-burial, was widely distributed throughout the world. Before the coming of the Europeans the Indians living in what is now the state of Alabama practiced this custom extensively, for records of urn-burial exist from a number of archaeological sites in central Alabama along the Alabama and Tombigbee rivers and their tributaries. For many years there have been reports of the finding of human bones in pots by farmers during plowing or while examining recently eroded banks of streams. In 1884 Dr. Edward Palmer made a report upon such finds to the Smithsonian Institution
Archaeology · Cartography · Geography · Tributary · Forensic and Genetic Research · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · History · Paleopathology and ancient diseases
| Citations per year | 0.05 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1950 - 2026 (77) |
| Highly cited | No |