tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post8757888261791781437..comments2024-01-04T04:11:55.717+02:00Comments on Dienekes’ Anthropology Blog: Early modern human burials in EurasiaDienekeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02082684850093948970noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-54647047215459009462013-02-22T20:11:49.944+02:002013-02-22T20:11:49.944+02:00"Lavish burials should not automaticaly be eq...<i>"Lavish burials should not automaticaly be equated with higher progress society."</i><br /><br />Indeed. In the lowest levels of Mehrgarh, in Baluchistan, grave goods could be quite elaborate but in subsequent periods the amount of goods decreased, even as their culture became increasingly complex.Va_Highlanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04671547664669092756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-66964484990053300622013-02-22T13:31:37.222+02:002013-02-22T13:31:37.222+02:00Lavish burials should not automaticaly be equated ...Lavish burials should not automaticaly be equated with higher progress society. IN fact, lavish burials appear in times of stress, when lower order nobility try to assert their prowess. When there is more established order, and clear rule, there is no need to 'show off' with well furnished burials Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07166839601638241857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-11659378533373175322013-02-22T00:01:59.343+02:002013-02-22T00:01:59.343+02:00Two points that I would make: Most importantly, s...Two points that I would make: Most importantly, specific complex ~behaviors (particularly those in the form of ~rituals) is not necessarily correlated to intellectual depth, health, education, or advanced development. It could simply be caused by mindless, ~subconscious Obsessive / Compulsive drives, instead. In other words, it might be more reactionary than well-planned or justified.<br /><br />Pagan burial practices usually involved the addition of treasure and tools and preserved bodies for important individuals to supposedly use in the afterlife. There is no real logic to that behavior, so I don't consider it to be more advanced at all.shenandoahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09220865518565583662noreply@blogger.com