Transformation by fire : the archaeology of cremation in cultural context

Weitere Verfasser: Cooney, Gabriel.
Kuijt, Ian.
Quinn, Colin P.
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2014.
Umfang/Format: viii, 322 pages : illustrations, maps.
Schriftenreihe: Amerind studies in anthropology
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Inhalte/Bestandteile: 2 Datensätze
Online Zugang: Online available
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Part I. Fire and the Body : Reframing Perspectives on Cremation
  • Contextualizing Cremations : Introduction to Fire and the Body / Colin P. Quinn, Ian Kuijt, and Gabriel Cooney
  • Complexities of Terminologies and Intellectual Frameworks in Cremation Studies / Colin P. Quinn, Lynne Goldstein, Gabriel Cooney, Ian Kuijt (Mini-essay)
  • Part II. Connecting Treatments of the Body : Cremation and Inhumation as Social Practices
  • Socially Responsible and Culturally Conscious Approaches to Cremations : New and Old World / Liv Nilsson Stutz and David Hurst Thomas
  • Reconcilable Differences : Cremation, Fragmentation and Inhumation in Mesolithic and Neolithic Sweden / Asa M Larsson and Liv Nilsson Stutz
  • The Temporal and Cultural Contexts of the Enigmatic Cremations from the Yokem Site, Illinois, USA / Mark R. Schurr and Della Collins Cook
  • A Well-Urned Rest : Cremation and Inhumation in Early Anglo-Saxon England / Howard Williams
  • Cremation, Gender and Concepts of the Self in the British Early Bronze Age / Joanna Bruck
  • Part III. Social Impact of Cremation : Transformation, Movement and the Body
  • Reflections on the Visibility of Cremation as a Physical Event / Liv Nilsson Stutz and Ian Kuijt
  • Pathways to Personhood : Cremation as a Social Practice among the Tucson Basin Hohokam / Jessica. I. Cerezo-Roman
  • Re/turn : Cremation, movement and re-collection in the Early Bronze Age of Denmark / Tim Flohr Srensen
  • The Role of Cremation in Mortuary Practice in the Irish Neolithic / Gabriel Cooney
  • Transformation and Metaphors : Thoughts on Cremation Practices in the Precontact Midwestern United States / Lynne Goldstein and Katy Meyers
  • Part IV. Reassembling the Pieces : Future Directions
  • Reflections : Techniques, Potential, and Challenges of Cremations / Mark R. Schurr
  • Future Directions for the Archaeology of Cremation / Jessica. I. Cerezo-Roman and Howard Williams.