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Mortuary Objects

Mortuary Objects is an archaeological category of material culture consisting of artifacts, ecofacts, or features intentionally associated with human burial practices, distinguished by their contextual and functional relationship to death rituals, grave construction, and commemorative behavior.

162

Publications

6.9K

Citations

407

Authors

213

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

27

Variants

Funerary ObjectsGrave Goods

Parents

Publications

162

Personhood, Agency, and Mortuary Ritual: A Case Study from the Ancient Maya

Susan D. Gillespie · Journal of Anthropological Archaeology · 2001 · 306 citations

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Mortuary practices: Their social, philosophical-religious, circumstantial, and physical determinants

Christopher Carr · Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory · 1995 · 300 citations

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Death, Property and the Ancestors: A Study of the Mortuary Customs of the Lo Dagaa of West Africa

Annemarie Shimony, Jack Goody · Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion · 1965 · 260 citations

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Tombs for the Living: Andean Mortuary Practices

Sarahh Scher · Ethnohistory · 2013 · 252 citations

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The Regeneration of Life

Ian Kuijt · Current Anthropology · 2008 · 214 citations

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Authors

407

  1. HW
    Howard Williams

    University of Chester, United Kingdom

    10 publications · 314 citations

    10

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  2. PR
    Patrick Randolph‐Quinney

    University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

    3 publications · 50 citations

    3

    h-index

  3. BP
    Becca Peixotto

    American University, United States

    2 publications · 33 citations

    2

    h-index

  4. GC
    Gideon Chinamatira

    Louisiana State University, United States

    2 publications · 33 citations

    2

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  5. HH
    Heinrich Härke

    University of Reading, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 96 citations

    2

    h-index

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Institutions

213

  1. Department of Archaeology

    Colombo, Sri Lanka

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    144 citations

  2. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    357 citations

  3. University of Chester

    Chester, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    108 citations

  4. University of Georgia

    Athens, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    106 citations

  5. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    184 citations

  6. University of the Witwatersrand

    Johannesburg, South Africa

    3 h-index

    45 publications

    743 citations

  7. University of York

    York, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    62 citations

  8. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    105 citations

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Venues

  1. European Journal of Archaeology

    EJA · 5 publications · 126 citations

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  2. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

    5 publications · 409 citations

    5

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  3. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 5 publications · 226 citations

    5

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  4. Cambridge Archaeological Journal

    5 publications · 298 citations

    5

    h-index

  5. Historical Archaeology

    5 publications · 113 citations

    5

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