Pyramids and Standing Stones: Monuments for the Dead
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Donna Nash, Associate Professor (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: Monuments dedicated to the dead hold power over the living long after they are built. Architecture can transform how people experience a landscape or city for hundreds or thousands of years. The construction of elaborate edifices meant to memorialize the dead brought many people together, represent large expenditures of labor and resources, and manifest the power of individuals or groups to shape ideals, convey conceptions of the cosmos, legitimize the leadership of particular lineages, or dominate their domain long after death. Archaeologists use the features of mortuary monuments to discern differences and understand the role of the dead among the living.
Pyramids and Standing Stones: Monuments for the Dead
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- Publication
- In P.R. Williams, G.M. Feinman & L.M. Ynoñán (Eds.), Beyond Death: Beliefs, Practice, and Material Expression (pp. 137-138). BAR Publishing. 10.30861/9781407360430
- Language: English
- Date: 2022
- Keywords
- monuments