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Title Transformation by Fire : the Archaeology of Cremation in Cultural Context / edited by Ian Kuijt, Colin P. Quinn, and Gabriel Cooney.
Publisher Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 2014.



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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.
Note Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU
ISBN 9780816598700 (electronic bk.)
0816598703 (electronic bk.)
9780816531141 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0816531145 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
1322198551 (ebk)
9781322198552 (ebk)
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Series Amerind studies in anthropology
Subject Human remains (Archaeology)
Cremation -- Social aspects -- History -- To 1500.
Funeral rites and ceremonies -- History -- To 1500.
Social archaeology.
Ethnoarchaeology.
Ethnology.
Alt author Kuijt, Ian.
Quinn, Colin P.
Cooney, Gabriel.
Descript 1 online resource.
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
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.
Note Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU
ISBN 9780816598700 (electronic bk.)
0816598703 (electronic bk.)
9780816531141 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0816531145 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
1322198551 (ebk)
9781322198552 (ebk)
Series Amerind studies in anthropology
Subject Human remains (Archaeology)
Cremation -- Social aspects -- History -- To 1500.
Funeral rites and ceremonies -- History -- To 1500.
Social archaeology.
Ethnoarchaeology.
Ethnology.
Alt author Kuijt, Ian.
Quinn, Colin P.
Cooney, Gabriel.

Subject Human remains (Archaeology)
Cremation -- Social aspects -- History -- To 1500.
Funeral rites and ceremonies -- History -- To 1500.
Social archaeology.
Ethnoarchaeology.
Ethnology.
Descript 1 online resource.
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
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.
Note Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU
Alt author Kuijt, Ian.
Quinn, Colin P.
Cooney, Gabriel.
ISBN 9780816598700 (electronic bk.)
0816598703 (electronic bk.)
9780816531141 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0816531145 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
1322198551 (ebk)
9781322198552 (ebk)

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