Remembering the Ancestors: Mortuary Practices and Social Memory in Pacific Nicaragua

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dc.contributor.advisorMcCafferty, Geoffrey
dc.contributor.authorManion, Jessica
dc.contributor.committeememberLyons, Diane
dc.contributor.committeememberGerlach, Craig
dc.contributor.committeememberMcCafferty, Geoffrey
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-04T18:27:33Z
dc.date.available2016-10-04T18:27:33Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.date.submitted2016en
dc.description.abstractExamination of mortuary practices at Sonzapote and El Rayo provides an opportunity to understand how people in pre-historic Pacific Nicaragua constructed social memory and identity. Interments located on the side of Mound 14 at Sonzapote are dated to the Sapoá period (800-1250 CE), and are the result of post-abandonment mortuary rituals. The association of the dead with monumental architecture and statuary creates a connection between the present and the past, whether those buried on Mound 14 were related to the original inhabitants, or associated with influxes of migrant populations. El Rayo provides an example of how the living interacted with the dead through secondary interment and commingling, and consists of dedicated cemeteries where memories and identities were constructed. This research examines how interment practices represent the creation of social memory and identity at these sites, and how these people related themselves with their dead, past, present, and future.en_US
dc.identifier.citationManion, J. (2016). Remembering the Ancestors: Mortuary Practices and Social Memory in Pacific Nicaragua (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27621en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/27621
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/3392
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectArchaeology
dc.subject.classificationPacific Nicaraguaen_US
dc.subject.classificationSocial Memoryen_US
dc.subject.classificationMortuary Practicesen_US
dc.titleRemembering the Ancestors: Mortuary Practices and Social Memory in Pacific Nicaragua
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineArchaeology
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)
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