AR101 Lecture Notes - One Direction, Grave Goods, Native American Graves Protection And Repatriation Act
26 Aug 2013
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Early in our evolutionary history people began to place great significance on the remains of the dead. Race markers and goods also reflect style, religion, population-societal & personal values, and social organization. Burials = the purposeful disposal of the dead. Excavation: exposure: flexibility in methodology is required; you never know what you will encounter until your there, recording: site info. Burial description: form of disposal: simple or single process add. Compound: involves multiple processes add: body preparation. Involves activities that prepare the body for placement in the grave. Involves the number of remains contained within a burial (ie. single, double, multiple, contemporary, consecutive: articulation. Includes information on articulations; degree of an ___ order: position. Involves recording information of the relationship of different body parts at the hip, knew, arms and head: alignment & orientation. 2 directions are used for graves (ie. north to south) One direction used for orientation of the individual (eg. burial facing east: grave goods & inclusions.
