User:GreatFlyingWeasel/sandbox

I will be editing the funerary wikipedia page.

I vow to publish my edits to my sandbox for sunday's 4/30 assignment

1. The chosen wikipedia project page created on september 26, 2001.

2. It was created by an unknown user.

3. The last citation was on April 26, 2023

4. The last edit was done by Suelee3

Funerary archaeology

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1.      At site CA-CCO-548 in Black marsh (Central California) there are some graves that had individuals oriented in different positions. Dental isotope analysis of these individuals by archaeologists indicates that they did not originate from the Black Marsh area. The researchers at the CA-CCO-548 concluded that immigrants that joined the Black Marsh group were buried according to their own clan or religious affiliation.

2.      The research was funded by JWE and EJB from the National Science Foundation and approved by the most likely descendants T.J. and Ramona Garibay.

3.      At the Los Angeles basin, research by UC Merced professor Kathleen L. Hull discovered communal mourning features at West Bluffs and Landing Hill. From the excavation at these sites there is evidence of cremations as well as ritualistic burning of personal effects at a separate location dedicated to communal activities.

Revised Wikipedia Edits 5/15/2023

Bay Miwok
Along the middle reaches of Marsh Creek near the modern day city of Brentwood lies land that was once occupied by the Bay Miwok speaking peoples more specifically the Volvon tribelet. Radiocarbon dates at the burial site estimate that the individuals were interred around 5,000 to 3,000 BP. In the earliest periods of the Black Marsh occupation, individuals were buried in an extended position facing north if on the east side of the site and south if on the west side. Observations by researchers suggest that individuals were not interned based on their sex or age, leading some archaeologists to assume a more culturally significant reason.

Tongva
In the Los Angeles Basin, researchers discovered communal mourning features at West Bluffs and Landing Hill. These communal mourning rituals were estimated to have taken place during the Intermediate Period (3,000-1,000 B.P.). Archaeologists have found fragmented pieces of a large schist pestle which was deliberately broken in a methodical way. Other fragmented vessels show signs of uneven burning on the interior surface presumed to have been caused by burning combustible material.

In the West Bluffs and Landing Hill assemblages there are many instances of artifacts that were dyed in red ochre pigment after being broken. The tradition of intentionally breaking objects has been a custom in the region for thousands of years for the purpose of releasing the spirit within the object, reducing harm to the community, or as an expression of grief. Pigmentation of the grave goods also has many interpretations, the Chumash associate the color red with both earth and fire. While some researchers consider the usage of the red pigment as an important transitional moment in the adult life cycle.

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