The archaeology of ancestors : death, memory, and veneration

Contributors to this volume demonstrate that ancestor veneration was about much more than claiming property rights - the spirits of the dead were central to domestic disputes, displays of wealth, and power and status relationships. Case studies from China, Africa, Europe, and Mesoamerica use the evi...

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Document Type: Online Resource Book
Language:English
Published: Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida , September 2016
Online Access:http://proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/han/upso-ebooks-altertum/dx.doi.org/10.5744/florida/9780813062518.001.0001
Author Notes:Erica Hill and Jon B. Hageman
E-Book Packages:Oxford University Press : Florida Scholarship Online / Archaeology Collection

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