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Transformation by Fire : the Archaeology of Cremation in Cultural Context / edited by Ian Kuijt, Colin P. Quinn, and Gabriel Cooney.

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"This edited volume explores crematory practices as both an archaeological phenomenon and social practice, within cultural constructs. This exploration aims to illustrate the need to view cremation as a study of not only mortuary practices, but also of a dynamic social process that deals with &...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors: Kuijt, Ian, Quinn, Colin P., Cooney, Gabriel
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 2014.
Series:Amerind studies in anthropology.
Subjects:
Human remains (Archaeology)
Cremation > Social aspects > History > To 1500.
Funeral rites and ceremonies > History > To 1500.
Social archaeology.
Ethnoarchaeology.
Ethnology.
Funeral rites and ceremonies.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Fire and the Body : Re-framing 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 Perspectives / Liv Nilsson Stutz and David Hurst Thomas (Mini-essay)
  • Reconcilable Differences : Cremation, Fragmentation and Inhumation in Mesolithic and Neolithic Sweden / Åsa 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 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 Brück
  • 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 (Mini-essay)
  • Pathways to Personhood : Cremation as a Social Practice among the Tucson Basin Hohokam / Jessica. I. Cerezo-Román
  • Re/turn : Cremation, movement and re-collection in the Early Bronze Age of Denmark / Tim Flohr Sørensen
  • The Role of Cremation in Mortuary Practices in the Irish Neolithic / Gabriel Cooney
  • Transformation and Metaphors : Thoughts on Cremation Practices in the Pre-Contact Midwestern United States / Lynne Goldstein and Katy Meyers
  • Part IV. Reassembling the Pieces : Future Directions
  • Cremations : Techniques, Potential, Challenges / Mark R. Schurr (Mini-essay)
  • Future Directions for the Archaeology of Cremation / Jessica. I. Cerezo-Román and Howard Williams.

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