essay
Charnel houses and mortuary crypts: disposal of the dead in the Middle Woodland period
hopewell archaeology : the chillicothe conference • Kent, Ohio • Published In 1979 • Pages: 211-219
By: Brown, James Allison.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Brown examines the differences between charnal houses and mortuary crypts. Charnel houses are found in Ohio while mortuary crypts are found among the Havana in Illinois. He defines the two types of burial facilities and points out that more effort is required to maintain charnel houses. 'Not only are the two associated with quite distinct forms of burial treatment, but the social uses of burial also differ….[The] difference..is a product of the size of the sustaining population investing in these facility types and, indirectly, a reflection of differences in the complexity of the associated societies.' (page 219).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Reviews and critiques
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Religious and educational structures
- Burial practices and funerals
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Hopewell
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2004
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Woodlands
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry ; 2003
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date given
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- Middle Woodland
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Illinois and Ohio; United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- James A. Brown
- For bibliographical references see document 11: Brose and Greber
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 79088607
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Hopewell culture