Mortuary Practices in Early Bronze Age Canaan
2002; American Schools of Oriental Research; Volume: 65; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/3210870
ISSN2325-5404
Autores Tópico(s)Ancient Near East History
ResumoWhy have a lot of burials been found in some sites and regions in the Early Bronze Age Levant and virtually none in others? Why is there so much less evidence of burials in the second and third phases of the Early Bronze Age than for the first? How do we explain this variance? To answer these questions, the author proposes that territory, social boundaries, social organization and changing ideologies may have played a role. In particular, he points out that almost no one was buried with accompanying grave goods in the EB II-III. Proscribing grave goods was a means of social leveling and perhaps reflects religious beliefs to the effect that "you can't take it with you."
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