ANTH 2015 Chapter : Native Burial
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Anthropology 2015: introduction to archaeology, louisiana state university, Lecture 12: word list for native american burial sites . Federal and state laws: nagpra: native american grave protection and repatriation act 1995. Pertains to already uncovered artifacts. (federal law in the us) required any or all native american, hawaiiwan, ab-whatever indians in federal funded institution has to be reported. Poole-rose ossuary 1990 (ossuary = burial pit (comingled or articulated)) Excavation methods: 1 x 1 meter excavation units, excavate by bone layer, grid frame: record locations, depths. (pines were one meter apart) 3 articulated skeletons: others mixed (comingled) new method: record using color copy enlargements of excavation photos. "feast of the dead" ritual reburial of deceased before village abandoned (french)(1 witness: dig up and bring all thise who died during the occupation of village to a, exclude infants, suicides, war victims, drowning victims.
