Watson, James T., editorRakita, Gordon F. M., editorUniversity Press of Colorado, publisher2020-09-222020-09-222020https://hdl.handle.net/10217/212460Includes bibliographical references and index.Chronicles the modal patterns, diversity, and change of ancient mortuary practices across the US Southwest and northwest Mexico over four thousand years of Prehispanic occupation. Summarizes new methodological approaches and theoretical issues concerning the meaning and importance of burial practices to different peoples at different times.--Provided by publisher.Introduction to ancient Southwestern mortuary practices / Gordon F.M. Rakita, James T. Watson, Sharon Wester, and M. Scott Thompson -- Mortuary patterns of the Durango basketmakers: a local and temporal study / Dawn M. Mulhern and Mona C. Charles -- Mortuary contexts and pit structure burials in Mesa Verde Region Pueblo I villages / Ann L.W. Stodder -- Exploring mortuary variability in the northern Rio Grande / Nancy J. Akins -- Separating the dead from the living: identification of migrants in the Taos Valley / Catrina Banks Whitley -- Mortuary practices among early farming communities in the Sonoran Desert / James T. Watson -- Cremation funeral customs among the classic period Hohokam of the Tucson Basin / Jessica I. Cerezon-Román -- Of change and tradition: examining mortuary and ceramic patterns in the Mimbres region of southwest New Mexico / Alison K. Livesay and Patricia A. Gilman -- The Longue Durée of mortuary ritual in Chihuahua, Mexico / Gordon F.M. Rakita -- Variation across ancient Southwestern mortuary practices / James T. Watson -- Contextualizing mortuary practices in the ancient southwest / Lynne Goldstein.born digitalbooksengCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.All rights reserved. User is responsible for compliance. Please contact University Press of Colorado at https://upcolorado.com/our-books/rights-and-permissions for use information.Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient -- Southwest, NewFuneral rites and ceremonies, Ancient -- Mexico, NorthTextAccess is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Community College of Denver, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University Denver, Regis University, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University and Western Colorado University communities only.