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The Odd, the Unusual, and the Strange: Bioarchaeological Explorations of Atypical Burials

Tracy K. Betsinger, Amy B. Scott, and Anastasia Tsaliki

Print publication date: 2020

Print ISBN-13: 9781683401032

Published to Florida Scholarship Online: September 2020

DOI: 10.5744/florida/9781683401032.001.0001

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Bodies among Fragments

Bodies among Fragments

Non-Normative Inhumations among the Preclassic and Classic Period Hohokam of the Tucson Basin

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(p.18) 2 Bodies among Fragments
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The Odd, the Unusual, and the Strange
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Jessica I. Cerezo-Román

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University Press of Florida
DOI:10.5744/florida/9781683401032.003.0002

Inhumation and cremation usually are studied in isolation regardless of the fact that they may be practiced in the same culture and time period. Among the Tucson Basin Hohokam in the Prehispanic American Southwest cremation was the main funeral custom and inhumation was practiced at a very low frequency throughout the Preclassic (AD 700–1150) and Classic (AD 1150–1450/1500) periods. This chapter explores changes through time in non-normative burial customs of inhumation from ten Tucson Basin (Arizona) Hohokam archaeological sites by exploring both biological reconstruction of bodies and posthumous treatments within and between sites. Inhumations are contrasted with cremations to explore how they are related but distinct practices of remembrance, and it is argued that critical and contextualized approaches to the study of non-normative burials are necessary in order to reconstruct the complexity of funeral customs and their associated cultural significance through time. The results provide a glimpse of social variation and multiple social groups within the Tucson Basin Hohokam sites.

Keywords:   Hohokam, Inhumation, Cremation, Burial custom, Tucson Basin

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