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..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Mortality
- History
- Vocabulary
- Ornament
- Jewelry manufacture
- External trade
- Status, role, and prestige
- Sodalities
- Burial practices and funerals
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Late Southern California
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Northwest Coast and California
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry ; 1999
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1966
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 500 BP - 215 BP (1500 A.D. - 1785 A.D.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Medea Creek Cemetery (CA-LAN-243), Calif., United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Linda Barbey King
- UM 8219703
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 548-576)
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of California, Los Angeles, 1982
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- California--Antiquities