Abstract

GHEGGI, María Soledad. Epitafios: Enfoques teóricos en Arqueología de la Muerte. Avá [online]. 2009, n.15, pp.00-00. ISSN 1851-1694.

We intend to approach diachronically to the theoretical foundations of the current corpus of knowledge addressed by the Archaeology of Death, derived from many disciplines. Some studies identify that mortuary ritual is a proper mean to symbolic and material expression of social aspects. This premise was later incorporated into the New Archaeology of the '70s. By criticizing this argument, recent investigations propose a more complex relation between the aspects recognized during mortuary ritual and its material expression. Finally, we are interested in examining briefly the recent trends applied to the study of societies from the past, for example, those derived from the archaeology of the body.

Keywords : Archaeology; Mortuary practices; Theoretical approaches.

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