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A bed of ochre : mortuary practices and social structure of a maritime archaic Indian society at Port au Choix, Newfoundland / door Johan Jelsma

Author:
Jelsma, Johan 1961-  Search this
Rijksuniversiteit te Groningen  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 332 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm
Type:
Manuscripts
Place:
Newfoundland and Labrador
Port au Choix
Port au Choix (N.L.)
Date:
2000
Topic:
Antiquities  Search this
Inuit--Antiquities  Search this
Burial  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Call number:
E78.N72 J45 2000
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_627201
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Ever westward : papers in honor of Elizabeth Kelley / edited by Regge N. Wiseman, Thomas C. O'Laughlin and Cordelia T. Snow ; contributors, Richard Bice ... [et al.]

Title:
Papers in honor of Elizabeth Kelley
Author:
Wiseman, Regge N  Search this
O'Laughlin, Thomas C  Search this
Snow, Cordelia T  Search this
Archaeological Society of New Mexico  Search this
Physical description:
x, 166 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
New Mexico
Southwest, New
Date:
2004
C2004
Topic:
Antiquities  Search this
Call number:
E78.N65 E94 2004
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_973453
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Cremation and the archaeology of death / edited by Jessica I. Cerezo-Román, Anna Wessman, and Howard Williams

Editor:
Cerezo-Román, Jessica  Search this
Wessman, Anna  Search this
Williams, Howard 1972-  Search this
Physical description:
xviii, 364 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2017
Topic:
Human remains (Archaeology)  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1081560
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Intra- and inter-cultural variability in Mesolithic and Neolithic mortuary practices in the Near East / by Stuart J. Fiedel

Author:
Fiedel, Stuart J  Search this
Physical description:
vii, 473 leaves
Type:
Books
Place:
Middle East
Date:
1979
1982
Topic:
Funeral rites and ceremonies  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Call number:
GT3273 .F45 1979a
GT3273.F45 1979a
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_274865
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The funeral kit : mortuary practices in the archaeological record / Jill L Baker

Author:
Baker, Jill L. 1964-  Search this
Physical description:
229 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Cross-cultural studies
Date:
2012
Topic:
Funeral rites and ceremonies  Search this
Death--Social aspects  Search this
Human remains (Archaeology)  Search this
Ethnoarchaeology  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_982026
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Mortuary practices as an aid to interpretation of human bones recovered from archaeological contexts in parts of Igboland / by Vincent E. Chikwendu

Author:
Chikwendu, V. Emenike  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Nigeria, Eastern
Date:
1994
Topic:
Burial  Search this
Funeral customs and rites  Search this
Igbo ethnoarchaeology  Search this
Call number:
DT1 .N962
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_597955
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Archaeological studies of gender in the southeastern United States / edited by Jane M. Eastman and Christopher B. Rodning ; foreword by Jerald T. Milanich

Author:
Eastman, Jane M. 1963-  Search this
Rodning, Christopher Bernard  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 219 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Southern States
Date:
2001
C2001
Topic:
Antiquities  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Sex role  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_616821
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Ecological perspectives in the study of some Iron Age Shona mortuary practices

Author:
Mahachi, Godfrey  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Zimbabwe
Date:
1987
Topic:
Iron Age Shona cemeteries  Search this
Funeral customs and rites  Search this
Burial  Search this
Call number:
DT13 .N9X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_551425
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Ecological perspectives in the study of some Iron Age Shona mortuary practices

Author:
Mahachi, Godfrey  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Zimbabwe
Date:
1987
Topic:
Funeral customs and rites  Search this
Burial  Search this
Call number:
DT13 .N9X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_545848
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Archaeology of early colonial interaction at El Chorro de Maíta, Cuba / Roberto Valcárcel Rojas ; foreword by William F. Keegan

Title:
El Chorro de Maíta, Cuba
Author:
Valcárcel Rojas, Roberto 1968-  Search this
Physical description:
xx, 398 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Cuba
Holguín
Holguín (Cuba)
Date:
2016
Topic:
Indians of the West Indies--Antiquities  Search this
Human remains (Archaeology)  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Social archaeology  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1065348
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Ancient West Mexico : art and archaeology of the unknown past / Richard F. Townsend, general editor ; with essays by Patricia Rieff Anawalt ... [et al.]

Title:
Art and archaeology of the unknown past
Author:
Townsend, Richard F  Search this
Anawalt, Patricia Rieff 1924-  Search this
Art Institute of Chicago  Search this
Los Angeles County Museum of Art  Search this
Physical description:
308 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 30 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Place:
Mexico
Date:
1998
Topic:
Art, Mexican  Search this
Indian art  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Call number:
F1219.3.A7 A53 1998
F1219 .A597 1998X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_552452
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The importance of British material culture to historical archaeologies of the nineteenth century / edited and with an introduction by Alasdair Brooks

Editor:
Brooks, Alasdair Mark  Search this
Physical description:
369 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
Great Britain
Date:
2015
19th century
Topic:
Archaeology and history--History  Search this
Material culture--History  Search this
Consumer goods--History  Search this
Civilization, Modern--British influences  Search this
Industrial revolution  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Commerce  Search this
History  Search this
Relations  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1078197
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The Oxford handbook of neolithic Europe / edited by Chris Fowler, Jan Harding, and Daniela Hofmann

Title:
Neolithic Europe
Editor:
Fowler, Chris 1973-  Search this
Hofmann, Daniela  Search this
Physical description:
xxvi, 1166 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Type:
Handbooks, manuals, etc
Handbooks and manuals
Place:
Europe
Date:
2015
Topic:
Neolithic period  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1107694
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Mortuary practice in ancient Iran from the Achaemenid to the Sasanian period / Mahdokht Farjamirad

Author:
Farjamirad, Mahdokht  Search this
Physical description:
iv, 396 pages : illustrations, maps ; 30 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Iran
Date:
2015
Topic:
Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1110010
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Death across oceans : archaeology of coffins and vaults in Britain, America, and Australia / edited by Harold Mytum and Laurie E. Burgess

Title:
Archaeology of coffins and vaults in Britain, America, and Australia
Editor:
Mytum, H. C.  Search this
Burgess, Laurie E.  Search this
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press  Search this
Author:
Smithsonian Institution  Search this
Physical description:
vi, 320 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
Great Britain
North America
Australia
Date:
2018
Topic:
Funeral rites and ceremonies--History  Search this
Human remains (Archaeology)--History  Search this
Burial--History  Search this
Coffins--History  Search this
Tombs--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1094374
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Colonized bodies, worlds transformed : toward a global bioarchaeology of contact and colonialism / edited by Melissa S. Murphy and Haagen D. Klaus ; foreword by Clark Spencer Larsen

Editor:
Murphy, Melissa Scott  Search this
Klaus, Haagen D.  Search this
Author of introduction:
Larsen, Clark Spencer  Search this
Physical description:
xvii, 459 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
2017
Topic:
Human remains (Archaeology)  Search this
Archaeology and history  Search this
Ethnoarchaeology  Search this
Social archaeology  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1078373
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The bioarchaeology of societal collapse and regeneration in ancient Peru / Danielle Shawn Kurin

Author:
Kurin, Danielle Shawn  Search this
Physical description:
xv, 218 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
Peru
Andahuaylas (Province)
Andahuaylas (Peru : Province)
Date:
2016
Topic:
Indians of South America--Antiquities  Search this
Human remains (Archaeology)  Search this
Social archaeology  Search this
Huari Indians--History  Search this
History  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Civilization  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1066782
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Mortuary landscapes of the Classic Maya : rituals of body and soul / Andrew K. Scherer

Author:
Scherer, Andrew K.  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 291 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 29 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Mexico
Date:
2015
Topic:
Mayas--Funeral customs and rites  Search this
Mayas--Antiquities  Search this
Human remains (Archaeology)  Search this
Human body--Symbolic aspects  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1083395
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Reclaiming the Hopewellian Ceremonial Sphere : 200 B.C. to A.D. 500 / A. Martin Byers

Author:
Byers, A. Martin 1937-  Search this
Physical description:
xi, 428 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Type:
Books
History
Date:
2015
To 1500
Topic:
Hopewell culture  Search this
Woodland culture  Search this
Earthworks (Archaeology)  Search this
Confraternities--History  Search this
Rites and ceremonies  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1070236
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Material culture, power, and identity in ancient China / Xiaolong Wu (Hanover College, IN)

Author:
Wu, Xiaolong (Art historian)  Search this
Physical description:
xvi, 244 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
China
Hebei Sheng
Hebei Sheng (China)
Date:
2017
To 1500
Warring States, 403-221 B.C
Topic:
Material culture--History  Search this
Power (Social sciences)--History  Search this
Group identity--History  Search this
Ethnicity--History  Search this
Social archaeology  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1084221

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