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Reconstructing Ancient Burials At Loma Don Genaro, Alexandra M. Kulenguski
Reconstructing Ancient Burials At Loma Don Genaro, Alexandra M. Kulenguski
Honors Undergraduate Theses
This thesis reconstructs and analyzes a Classic period (AD 250-800) burial collection from the archaeological site of Loma Don Genaro in Oaxaca, Mexico. This research aims to address two main questions: 1.) What information about the burial collection is available through the archaeological archives? 2.) What does this information tell us about social organization during the Classic period at Loma Don Genaro? In order to address these questions, the following objectives were explored: to reconstruct ancient burials using archival material; to describe the burial demography across the site; to describe variation in grave goods; to relatively date and order the …