Basketmaker Ii Mortuary Practices

Social Differentiation and Regional Variation

Bibliographic Data

ID7897245
AuthorsKATHY MOWRER (corresponding author)
Year2006
Volume72
Issue2
Pages259-281
Publication date2006-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueKIVA (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0023-1940 • E-ISSN: 2051-6177
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1179/kiv.2006.72.2.006
OpenAlexW2093222027
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited11

In this paper, I examine one of the most complex and varied of human expressions; the relationship between the living and the dead. Mortuary studies indicate that burial practices can provide dues about social differentiation and regional variation. Basketmaker II (ca 2000 B.C.–A.D. 500) groups appear to fall between band-and tribal-levels of social organization, a few extraordinary burials, however, suggest social differentiation unusual for small-scale societies. Some archaeologists have observed material cultural differences that suggest Eastern and Western Basketmaker II ethnic distinctions. I examine the burial items that accompanied Basketmaker II burials for evidence of gender and age differentiation and examine the burial data for burial orientation and single and multi-individual burial practices that support the hypothesis that two distinct Basketmaker II groups inhabited the northern Southwest

Archaeology · Cartography · Differentiation · Economic geography · Ethnic group · Ethnology · Geography · Scale (ratio) · Social organization · Social science · Sociology · Variation (astronomy) · Anthropology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · History · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

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