Ethnoarchaeological perspectives on the mortuary practices of Jordanian Bedouin
| dc.contributor.author | Whiteway, Autumn | |
| dc.contributor.examiningcommittee | Roksandic, Mirjana (Anthropology) Stirling, Lea (Classics) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Fowler, Kent (Anthropology) | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-10-13T17:16:19Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-10-13T17:16:19Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
| dc.degree.discipline | Anthropology | en_US |
| dc.degree.level | Master of Arts (M.A.) | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The objective of this thesis is to enhance the archaeological visibility of mobile pastoralists in the southern Levant, accomplished through an ethnoarchaeological study of Bedouin mortuary practices in Jordan. Qualitative data, collected via 136 ethnographic interviews, and quantitative data, collected from 20 Bedouin cemeteries, are analyzed to distinguish the material residues of Bedouin funerary practices. Patterns in these data are investigated using a multi-scalar spatial model, to improve archaeological interpretations and produce a predictive model for locating the material signatures of mobile pastoralist mortuary practices in the southern Levant. This research yields results of high archaeological visibility, demonstrating that Bedouin mortuary practices leave behind a detectable material signature on the landscape. | en_US |
| dc.description.note | February 2017 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1993/31888 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.rights | open access | en_US |
| dc.subject | mortuary practices | en_US |
| dc.subject | ethnoarchaeology | en_US |
| dc.subject | Bedouin | en_US |
| dc.subject | mobile pastoralists | en_US |
| dc.subject | material culture | en_US |
| dc.subject | cemetery | en_US |
| dc.subject | Southern Levant | en_US |
| dc.subject | funerary practices | en_US |
| dc.title | Ethnoarchaeological perspectives on the mortuary practices of Jordanian Bedouin | en_US |
| dc.type | master thesis | en_US |