Mortuary practices: their study and their potential

Approaches to the Social Dimensions of Mortuary Practices Society for American Archaeology Washington, DC Published In Pages: 6-29
By Binford, Lewis R.

Abstract

A literature review of burial customs and their related assumptions and data orientations is presented. A cross-cultural study suggests there are associations between measures of mortuary ritual variety and societal structural complexity.

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