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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Cultural implications of the mortuary practices at Chucalissa

Green, John Michael January 1977 (has links)
This thesis is an analysis of the mortuary practices at the Chucalissa site. This site is located in the southwest corner of Tennessee and is radiocarbon dated from AD 1080 to AD 1490. It is a Mississippian Tradition site with components of the Ensley, Mitchell, Boxtown and Walls Phases.The 176 burials recovered are individually described in order to answer the following questions: (1) What level of socio-cultural intergration is characteristic of the site?(2) What is the nature of any change through time having taken place at the site?(3) What factors determine the social position of an individual?(4) What are the symbols of social position utilized in connection with the mortuary practices?(5) Can any historically recorded Indian society be related to Chucalissa?

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