Book
Medea Creek Cemetery: late inland Chumash patterns of social organization, exchange and warfare
University Microfilms International • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1982 • Pages:
By: King, Linda B..
Abstract
King's dissertation describes and analyzes the excavations at Medea Creek Cemetery, located in Los Angeles County about 12 miles inland from the coast. The mortuary analysis shows some distinctions were made between the genders, such as males were buried deeper, but the greater distinctions were made between adults and sub-adults, such as sub-adults had more grave goods. King hypothesizes that adult status would have been expressed in mourning ceremonies or house burnings which would leave no evidence in the cemetery while sub-adult status would have been expressed during the burial rite. King also found evidence that 'ANTAP cult members were buried in this cemetery which is somewhat surprising given the lack of ethnographic information specific to this village.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Northwest Coast and California
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Sarah Berry ; 1999
- Field Date
- 1966
- Coverage Date
- 500 BP - 215 BP (1500 A.D. - 1785 A.D.)
- Coverage Place
- Medea Creek Cemetery (CA-LAN-243), Calif., United States
- Notes
- Linda Barbey King
- UM 8219703
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 548-576)
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of California, Los Angeles, 1982
- LCSH
- California--Antiquities