Gordon F. M. Rakita, assistant professor of anthropology at the
University of North Florida in Jacksonville, is coeditor of Style
and Function: Conceptual Issues in Evolutionary Archaeology.
Jane E. Buikstra, Leslie Spier Distinguished Professor of
Anthropology at the University of New Mexico, is the author or
editor of several books, including The Bioarchaeology of
Tuberculosis (UPF). Lane A. Beck, associate curator at the Arizona
State Museum and associate professor of anthropology at the
University of Arizona, is the editor of Regional Approaches to
Mortuary Analysis. Sloan R. Williams, assistant professor of
anthropology at the University of Illinois, has written extensively
on the human genetics of ancient populations.
"The book's integrated format and interesting case studies makes it an important contribution to funerary studies in the Old and New Worlds." - International Journal of Osteoarchaeology A kaleidoscopic collection of studies with fascinating insights into the myriad and bizarre ways that our species has treated its dead... Global coverage of human interactions with our dead, past and present... An indispensable reference for all scholars interested in death and burial." - Michael Parker Pearson, University of Sheffield"
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