The Archaeology of Ancestors: The Saxe/Goldstein Hypothesis Revisited

Morris, Ian

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“…Secondary burials, whether directly visible or remembered, reinforced relationships with inherited land (Morris, 1991, see Littleton, 2007. It is clear that the handling of the dead and secondary burials -along with other elements of social organization -involved a new way of thinking about, perceiving, and creating the landscape (Hirsch, 1995;Ingold, 1993;Taçon, 1994).…”

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“…In this sense, secondary mortuary rituals may include multiple levels of social organization, including band-level, co-resident groups, corporate kin groups, and corporate group structures in the form of lineal descent systems (e.g., lineages), which emphasize the community over the individual (Kuijt, 1996, p. 318). In this case, the body is not the product of the individual but a social and communal endeavor included within a wider framework of beliefs and human action (Chesson, 1999;Goodale, 1985;Hertz, 1960, p. 86;Kuijt, 1996, p. 318;Morris, 1991).…”

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Human corpse manipulation and the body as symbol: A case study from the Eastern Pampa–Patagonia transition (Argentina) during the Final Late Holocene

Martínez

Flensborg

Bayala

2012

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

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Human corpse manipulation and the body as symbol: A case study from the Eastern Pampa–Patagonia transition (Argentina) during the Final Late Holocene

Martínez

Flensborg

Bayala

2012

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

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“…This characterisation provides a further challenge to the hypothesis that formal bounded cemetery areas alone connect groups to resources and property (cf. Morris 1991).…”

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The Dispersed Dead: Preliminary Observations on Burial and Settlement in Rural Roman Britain

Pearce¹

1999

Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal

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IntroductionLarge scale excavation of Roman rural sites in Britain often reveals individual or smail groups of burials dispersed across settlements, suggesting a recurring encounter of the living with the dead . The same is true of Roman Gaul (Ferdiere 1993). Yet with occasional exceptions rural burials in Britain have remained relatively invisible in terms of the proportion of archaeological analysis devoted to them (Collis 1977 ; Esmonde-Cleary 1992;Philpott & Reece 1993). The subject is largely absent from general investigations of the Romano-British countryside (e .g. Hingley 1989;Millett 1990;Smith 1997) and in the rejuvenated study of rural Roman settlement space, burial and other depositional practice remain the poor relations of architecture, while students of mortuary practice are perhaps deterred by the sma ll sample sizes and the frequent lack of large grave good assemblages to which detailed statistical analysis may be applied. The most explicit and influential model for the study of rural burial in Britain remains Collis' (1977) characterisation in terms of social status of the differences in burial type, furniture and location at Owslebury, Hampshire. In this scheme the individual or small groups of burials, not situated in a discrete cemetery area, and scattered across settlement sites, often within or close to other features , represent the lower echelons of the social hierarchy. It is the aim of this paper to re-evaluate this assumption that burial in such locations is an indicator of low social status within a Romano-British rural context. The paper begins with a description of the sample area, Hampshire, and an assessment of the degree to which it is representative of other rural areas of Roman Britain. Rural sites are defined broadly as those at a lower level of the settlement hierarchy than 'local centres' or village sites (Hingley 1989), although in practice the Hampshire evidence is monopolised by a particular site type. The furnishing of these individual or small groups of burials is compared to those in urban cemeteries. The relationship of burial to its immediate archaeologically known environment is then examined in greater detail and recurring associations with particular settlement features proposed (to avoid repetition sites referred to more than once in the text are referenced in Appendix I) . The broader topographical context of burial (e.g. height, visibility, relation to slope), is not considered here although it will undoubtedly be a worthwhile area of future study (cf. Parker Pearson 1993). An alternative characterisation of the relationship of rural burials to settlement space is then offered.

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“…Em relação às hipóteses de Saxe, Morris procura discutir as bases conceituais e as implicações em específico da Hipótese 8 e sua repercussão em Goldstein (Morris 1991a). Em primeiro lugar, o autor estabelece uma diferença entre "culto ao ancestral" (ancestor cult) e "rituais mortuários" (mortnary rituais).…”

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As Práticas Mortuárias na região da Argólida entre os séculos XI e VIII a.C.

Souza¹

2011

Rev. Mus. Arqueol. Etnol. Supl.

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A necessidade de concisão dos agradecimentos apresentados para a publicação não faz jus à gratidão às pessoas aqui mencionadas que desempenharam, por um lado, um papel fundamental na execução prática de um trabalho imenso, difícil e, à primeira vista, impossível; e, por outro lado, em diferentes momentos, proporcionaram formas diversificadas de apoio emocional, igualmente vitais para a realização de uma tese de doutorado. Meu profundo agradecimento à Profa. Dra. Haiganuch Sarian, minha orientadora, que me acompanhou, auxiliou e abriu portas para que eu conseguisse desenvolver tal pesquisa. Da mesma forma, agradeço imensamente a pessoa que considero meu co-orientador, responsá vel pela escolha do tema, que, desde o início, incentivou e colaborou intensamente para que sua própria pesquisa tivesse continuidade. Ao Prof. Dr. Robin Hãgg meus sinceros agradecimentos repletos de admi ração profissional e de carinho pessoal. A Profa. Dra. Elaine F. V. Hirata pela formação acadêmica, pela confiança e incentivo e pelas contribuições críticas ao trabalho, inclusive pelos comentários apresentados na defesa do doutorado, pelos quais agradeço também ao Prof. Dr. Álvaro H. Allegrette, Prof. Dr. Mavroth pelo apoio e contribuições à pesquisa das formas mais variadas, de um lado, discussões acadêmicas, críticas, comentários e sugestões, fornecimento de artigos, troca de informações e análises inéditas e, de outro, todo auxílio e a viabilização burocrática prestados no estudo de material inédito nas reservas técnicas dos museus, arquivos manuscritos e bibliotecas e em questões práticas fundamentais na realização da pesquisa de doutorado durante os estágios no exterior, como hospedagem. Particularmente, sou grata à gentileza dos pesquisadores e seus respectivos centros de pesquisa que forneceram os negativos para a presente publicação, incluindo os responsáveis pelos arqui

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The Archaeology of Ancestors: The Saxe/Goldstein Hypothesis Revisited

Cited by 117 publications

References 59 publications

Human corpse manipulation and the body as symbol: A case study from the Eastern Pampa–Patagonia transition (Argentina) during the Final Late Holocene

Human corpse manipulation and the body as symbol: A case study from the Eastern Pampa–Patagonia transition (Argentina) during the Final Late Holocene

The Dispersed Dead: Preliminary Observations on Burial and Settlement in Rural Roman Britain

As Práticas Mortuárias na região da Argólida entre os séculos XI e VIII a.C.

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