LEADER 03214oam 2200649I 450 001 9910789036203321 005 20161005132411.0 010 $a1-317-54431-5 010 $a1-315-72890-7 010 $a1-317-54432-3 010 $a1-84465-752-3 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315728902 035 $a(CKB)3710000000086857 035 $a(EBL)1779052 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001171681 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11755150 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001171681 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11183284 035 $a(PQKB)10902998 035 $a(OCoLC)872685001 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1779052 035 $a(OCoLC)897455830 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781844657520 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000086857 100 $a20180706d2014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aPrioritizing death and society $ethe archaeology of Chalcolithic and contemporary cemeteries in the Southern Levant /$fAssaf Nativ 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 301 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aApproaches to anthropological archaeology 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015). 311 $a1-84465-751-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPart I: Introduction -- Binary oppositions, logical gaps and thick descriptions -- Part II: Chalcolithic cemeteries: winks, twitches, and faked twitches -- Isolated in the landscape: single-cave cemeteries -- Multiple components: multiple-cave cemeteries -- Dark, damp, and deep: karstic-cave systems -- Funerary structures -- Exceptions, outliers and misfits -- Structured deposition and depositional structures -- Part III: Contemporary cemeteries: an archaeology of us -- The raw materials: from matt to lustre, from grey to colour -- Tombstone morphology: communal trajectories -- Tombstone elaboration. 330 $aDeath, grief and funerary practices are central to any analysis of social, anthropological, artistic and religious worlds. However, cemeteries - the key conceptual and physical site for death - have rarely been the focus of archaeological research. Prioritizing Death and Society examines the structure, organisation and significance of cemeteries in the Southern Levant, one of the key areas for both migration and settlement in both prehistory and antiquity. 410 0$aApproaches to anthropological archaeology. 606 $aDeath$xSocial aspects$zMiddle East$xHistory 606 $aFuneral rites and ceremonies$zMiddle East 606 $aCemeteries$zMiddle East 606 $aHuman remains (Archaeology)$zMiddle East 607 $aMiddle East$xAntiquities 615 0$aDeath$xSocial aspects$xHistory. 615 0$aFuneral rites and ceremonies 615 0$aCemeteries 615 0$aHuman remains (Archaeology) 676 $a939.4 700 $aNativ$b Assaf.$01528147 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910789036203321 996 $aPrioritizing death and society$93771561 997 $aUNINA