Archaeological Perspectives on Death Ritual
Thoughts from Northwest Europe
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7636071 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Janet E Levy (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 155 |
| Publication date | 1989-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Anthropological Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-5491 • E-ISSN: 1534-1518 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3317612 |
| OpenAlex | W2334181687 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 15 |
Archaeological interest in death ritual usually focuses on the material remains ofthe ritual. In Europe prehistorians have particularly emphasized the study of monumental Neolithic and Bronze Age tombs. Several themes of this archaeological research are relevant for sociocultural anthropologists interested in death ritual. variability and change in mortuary remains, control of resources for producing them, and the permanence of mortuary monuments on the landscape. The archaeological background is discussed and suggestions made for using these archaeological approaches in ethnographic research in Europe. [archaeology, Denmark, Britain, megaliths, mounds]
Ancient history · Archaeology · Ethnology · Sociology · Anthropology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · History · Paleopathology and ancient diseases · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
Diet, Status, and Complex Social Structure in Iron Age Central Europe
Mortuary Practices and the Study of Prehistoric Social Systems
Ideology, symbolic power and ritual communication
Symbols in action
Mortuary variability
Celebrations of Death
Symbolic and Structural Archaeology
Mortuary Practices
Social Dimensions of Early Neolithic Denmark
Ethnography and archaeological interpretation of funerary remains
The Early Development of Irish Society
Coaxial field systems
Tombs for the Living
Quantifying Hallstatt
Worsaae's Law and the Use of Grave Lots for Archaeological Dating
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |