Mortuary practices:  their study and their potential

Binford, Lewis R.

Mortuary practices: their study and their potential

Approaches to the Social Dimensions of Mortuary Practices • Society for American Archaeology • Washington, DC • Published In 1971 • 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.

Samples
Sample Used	Coded Data	Comment
HRAF Collection of Ethnography (paper/fiche)	Combination	burial practices coded by researcher
compendium of coded data	Combination

Hypotheses (1)
Hypothesis	Supported
"Distinctions in mortuary ritual . . . [vary with] expected criteria employed for status differentiation among societies arranged on a scale from simple to complex" (18, 19)	Supported

Documents and Hypotheses Filed By: mas Jessie Cohen Christina Carolus

Mortuary practices: their study and their potential

Approaches to the Social Dimensions of Mortuary Practices • Society for American Archaeology • Washington, DC • Published In 1971 • Pages: 6-29 • Cite

By Binford, Lewis R.

Abstract

Samples

Hypotheses (1)

Approaches to the Social Dimensions of Mortuary Practices • Society for American Archaeology • Washington, DC • Published In 1971 • Pages: 6-29 •