Bibliography Record
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McNiven, Ian J.
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Ritualized middening practices.
Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory 20(4): 552-587. 12 figs. DOI: 10.1007/s10816-012-9130-y. Dec. 2013.
–ABSTRACT: Practice theory focuses attention on agency and the generative dimensions of sites and material culture in terms of social formation and reproduction. This approach is applied to the ritualization of midden deposits by Torres Strait Islanders of northeast Australia. Ritualization of middens was achieved by three depositional strategies of privileged differentiation: referencing of mortuary remains, discrimination of animal bones and mounding of deposits. In addition, ritualized middens were spatially separated into small residential mounds and large communal feasting mounds. Ritualized middening was part of a broader social process of maintaining the biographical status of midden materials as a dimension of community socialization, identity and cohesion.
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Archeological Sites, Sirenia at
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McNiven, I. (DD; Torres Strait, Australia; middens) |
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Australia
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McNiven, I. (DD; Torres Strait; middens) |
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Dugong dugon (Müller, 1776) Palmer, 1895
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McNiven, I. (Australia; Torres Strait; middens) |
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Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance
(SEE ALSO: Economic Use; Mermaid Legend)
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McNiven, I. (DD; Australia; ritualization of middens) |
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