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Burial Positioning

Burial Positioning is a methodological construct in mortuary analysis that specifies the spatial orientation and arrangement of human remains within a grave context to infer cultural, social, or ritual practices associated with burial.

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2017–2026

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Publications

15

The Spanish conquest and the Maya collapse: how ‘religious’ is change?

Elizabeth Graham, Scott E. Simmons, Christine D. White · World Archaeology · 2013 · 76 citations · Full text

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Mortuary Archaeology and the Middle Bronze Age Southern Levant

Rachel Hallote · Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology · 1995 · 57 citations

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The politics of space: changing discourses on Chinese burial grounds in post-war Singapore

Brenda S. A. Yeoh, Tan Boon Hui · Journal of Historical Geography · 1995 · 41 citations

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Burial location using cheap and reliable quantitative probe measurements

Alastair Ruffell · Forensic Science International · 2005 · 40 citations

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Egyptian Concepts on the Orientation of the Human Body

Maarten J. Raven · The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology · 2005 · 36 citations

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Authors

25

  1. CD
    Christine D. White

    Western University, Canada

    1 publications · 76 citations

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  2. GW
    Godfrey Wilson

    1 publications · 23 citations

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  3. TM
    Thomas Meier

    Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

    1 publications · 18 citations

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  4. DA
    Dimitri Anson

    University of Otago, New Zealand

    1 publications · 16 citations

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  5. AR
    Alastair Ruffell

    Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 40 citations

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Institutions

8

  1. Cairo University

    Giza, Egypt

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    54 citations

  2. University of Auckland

    Auckland, New Zealand

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    25 citations

  3. Heidelberg University

    Heidelberg, Germany

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    36 citations

  4. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    57 citations

  5. National University of Singapore

    Singapore, Singapore

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    82 citations

  6. Israel Antiquities Authority

    Jerusalem, Israel

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

  7. Queen's University Belfast

    Belfast, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    40 citations

  8. University of Bern

    Bern, Switzerland

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    54 citations

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Venues

  1. Archaeological Journal

    2 publications · 38 citations

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  2. World Archaeology

    1 publications · 76 citations

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  3. Journal of Historical Geography

    1 publications · 41 citations

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  4. The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology

    1 publications · 36 citations

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  5. Levant

    1 publications · 15 citations

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