A01=Assaf Nativ
Above Ground
Author_Assaf Nativ
Ben Tzion
burial
Burial Cave
burial customs
Burial Jars
Category=JHBZ
Category=JHMC
Category=NKD
cemeteries
chalcolithic
Chalcolithic Cemeteries
Chalcolithic Period
contemporary
Contemporary Cemeteries
Contemporary Society
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Fra Gm
Funerary Assemblage
funerary landscapes
Held
human
Human Remains
Individual Burial
jars
Jewish burial traditions
Kurkar Ridge
levant
Modern Material Culture Studies
mortuary archaeology
Nahal Qanah
Osseous Remains
Pe Rc
period
prehistoric cemetery organisation
remains
ritual practice analysis
Skeletal Remains
social memory studies
southern
Southern Levant
Stone Basins
Superimposed
Ta Ge
Van Den Brink
Product details
- ISBN 9781844657513
- Weight: 612g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 01 Nov 2005
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Death, grief and funerary practices are central to any analysis of social, anthropological, artistic and religious worlds. However, cemeteries - the key conceptual and physical site for death - have rarely been the focus of archaeological research. 'Prioritizing Death and Society' examines the structure, organisation and significance of cemeteries in the Southern Levant, one of the key areas for both migration and settlement in both prehistory and antiquity. Spanning 6,000 years, from the Chalcolithic to the present day, 'Prioritizing Death and Society' presents new research to analyse the formation and regional variation in cemeteries. By examining both ancient and present-day - nationally Jewish - cemeteries, the study reveals the commonalities and differences in the ways in which death has been and continues to be ritualised, memorialised and understood.
Assaf Nativ is a post-doctoral fellow in the Zinman Institute of Archaeology, University of Haifa, and is a staff member in the publication project of the Iron Age Fortress Mound at Tel Arad, Israel.
