TY - BOOK AU - Boutin,Alexis T. AU - Porter,Benjamin W. TI - Remembering the dead in the ancient Near East: recent contributions from bioarchaeology and mortuary archaeology SN - 9781607323259 AV - DS56 .R456 2014eb U1 - 939.4 23 PY - 2014///] CY - Boulder PB - University Press of Colorado KW - Human remains (Archaeology) KW - Middle East KW - Methodology KW - Excavations (Archaeology) KW - Funeral rites and ceremonies KW - Human skeleton KW - Analysis KW - Squelette humain KW - Analyse KW - HISTORY KW - Ancient KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE KW - Antiquities KW - fast KW - Moyen-Orient KW - Antiquités N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - Remembering the Dead in the Ancient Near East is among the first comprehensive treatments to present the diverse ways in which ancient Near Eastern civilizations memorialized and honored their dead, using mortuary rituals, human skeletal remains, and embodied identities as a window into the memory work of past societies. In six case studies teams of researchers with different skillsets⁰́₄osteological analysis, faunal analysis, culture history and the analysis of written texts, and artifact analysis⁰́₄integrate mortuary analysis with bioarchaeological techniques. Drawing upon different kinds of data, including human remains, ceramics, jewelry, spatial analysis, and faunal remains found in burial sites from across the region's societies, the authors paint a robust and complex picture of death in the ancient Near East. Demonstrating the still underexplored potential of bioarchaeological analysis in ancient societies, Remembering the Dead in the Ancient Near East serves as a model for using multiple lines of evidence to reconstruct commemoration practices. It will be of great interest to students and scholars of ancient Near Eastern and Egyptian societies, the archaeology of death and burial, bioarchaeology, and human skeletal biology UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=858462 ER -