Quantcast
Channel: Maia Atlantis: Ancient World Blogs
Viewing all articles
Browse latest Browse all 136795

Landscapes of Death

$
0
0
Spatial analysis of cemeteries and mortuary sites is valuable for interpreting social structures, symbolism, relationships to ancestors and function. Burial sites are rarely incidental locations. Early American cultures buried the deceased in large platform mounds. Anglo-saxons buried their dead in the same spaces where the Romans did throughout England. Neolithic barrow tombs were territorial markers … Continue reading »

Viewing all articles
Browse latest Browse all 136795

Trending Articles