ANT340H5 Lecture 4: Lecture 4.docx
Document Summary
Utilizes data from other cemeteries and other burial contexts. Do this to understand and interpret rituals and symbolism associated with body disposal: learn more about culture, bodies are a direct link to the individuals, burial are a direct link to how populations treated the subject. Based on the assumption that mortuary behaviour reflects social organization: a human burial contains more anthropological information/m2 of deposit than any other type o archaeological features peebles 1997. Social inequality ; were different people treated differently, missing age groups, class system. Post-marital residence patterns; did one leave their family to live with another (patrilineal/matrilineal) Population movement and cultural diffusion; particular trend across geographically. Social variation and change; differences between simultaneous groups. Human remains in burial contexts contain a wealth of information. Age, sex, ancestry, health: entire cemetery bio info. Health, nutrition, demographic profile, adaptive success, etc. Mortuary archaeologists (burial structures, artifacts, locations, etc. : power relationships, ritual behaviour, symbolism, social organization and change.
