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Mississippian Mortuary Practices: Beyond Hierarchy and the Representationist Perspective
Lynne P. Sullivan
Mississippian Mortuary Practices: Beyond Hierarchy and the Representationist Perspective
Lynne P. Sullivan
By focusing on how mortuary practices serve as symbols of beliefs and values for the living, this title explores how burial of the dead reflects and reinforces the cosmology of specific cultures, the status of living participants in the burial ceremony, ongoing kin relationships, and other aspects of social organization.
320 pages, Illustrations
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | March 31, 2012 |
ISBN13 | 9780813042015 |
Publishers | University Press of Florida |
Pages | 320 |
Dimensions | 155 × 233 × 19 mm · 510 g |
Editor | Mainfort, Robert C. |
Editor | Sullivan, Lynne P. |
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