Cycles of life and death: Narrative homology and archaeological realities

World Archaeology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 423-441

  Meskell, Lynn ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Egypt; Historical archaeology; Life stages; Mortuary data; Narrative; Village life

Indexed keywords

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EGYPT; ETHNOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTORY; METHODOLOGY; POSTHUMOUS CARE; WRITING;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ARCHAEOLOGY; CORRESPONDENCE; EGYPT; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; HISTORY, ANCIENT; MORTUARY PRACTICE;

EID: 0039927607     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: 14701375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438240009696930     Document Type: Article

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