Changing Mortuary Practices in the Southwestern United States and Northern Sonora. Issue 2 (2nd April 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Thiel, J. Homer
• Is Part Of: Kiva. Volume 86:Issue 2(2020)
• Page Start: 233
• Page End: 241
• Publication Date: 2020-04-02
• Subjects: Historical archaeology -- mortuary behavior -- Tucson; Southwest, New -- Antiquities -- Periodicals; Anthropology -- Southwest, New -- Periodicals; Southwest, New -- History -- Periodicals; Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- Periodicals; Archaeology -- Periodicals; 913.791
• DOI: 10.1080/00231940.2020.1748952
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2051-6177

Abstract

Abstract : Excavations within three historic period cemeteries in Tucson, Arizona have revealed changing attitudes toward treatment of the dead during the time span between 1775 and 1909. The ways people buried their family members and friends reflect evolving religious beliefs and the elaboration of mourning rituals. These trends occurred throughout the greater Southwest.