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Interacting with the Dead

Perspectives on Mortuary Archaeology for the New Millennium

University Press of Florida Jane E. Buikstra Lane A. Beck Sloan R. Williams

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English
University Press of Florida
20 April 2008
""The impressive geographical, temporal, and topical coverage makes this volume by far the best of its kind to appear in recent years.""--George R. Milner, Pennsylvania State University
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Imprint:   University Press of Florida
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 226mm,  Width: 154mm,  Spine: 27mm
Weight:   669g
ISBN:   9780813033174
ISBN 10:   0813033179
Pages:   416
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Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  A / AS level ,  Further / Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Gordon F. M. Rakita, assistant professor of anthropology at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, is coeditor of Style and Function: Conceptual Issues in Evolutionary Archaeology. Jane E. Buikstra, Leslie Spier Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at the University of New Mexico, is the author or editor of several books, including The Bioarchaeology of Tuberculosis (UPF). Lane A. Beck, associate curator at the Arizona State Museum and associate professor of anthropology at the University of Arizona, is the editor of Regional Approaches to Mortuary Analysis. Sloan R. Williams, assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Illinois, has written extensively on the human genetics of ancient populations.

Reviews for Interacting with the Dead: Perspectives on Mortuary Archaeology for the New Millennium

"""The book's integrated format and interesting case studies makes it an important contribution to funerary studies in the Old and New Worlds."" - International Journal of Osteoarchaeology A kaleidoscopic collection of studies with fascinating insights into the myriad and bizarre ways that our species has treated its dead... Global coverage of human interactions with our dead, past and present... An indispensable reference for all scholars interested in death and burial."" - Michael Parker Pearson, University of Sheffield"""


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