User:Rissavivo/sandbox

I will be editing the funeral Wikipedia page.

I vow to publish my edits to my sandbox for Sundays' 04/30 assignment.

Question Answers:

1) Our chosen Wikipedia project page was created on September 26, 2001.

2) The Wikipedia page was created by unknown user.

3) The last citation added to the page was April 21, 2017.

4) The person who added the citation is Suelee3.

Wikipedia Statements:

1. Understanding mortuary as a symbolism can generate a hypothesis about the practice of burial as being a social significance to cultures. (Gamble, L. Et al.,  2001)

2. An issue current bio archaeologists are facing is the fact that during the prehistoric/historic period and late period, Malibu was a common burial site for California indians. This makes it nearly impossible to separate the remains of individuals who lived during the historic period and those who were buried before the Europeans arrived. (Walker, P. L. Et al., 1996)

3. When excavating a burial site, archaeologists look for things such as current culture’s attitudes toward the dead, positioning of the human remains, material artifacts that may have been buried alongside the body, and location. This all contributes to figuring out important insights of regional prehistory. (Laylander, D. 2011)

Funerary archaeology

Funeral

Final Wikipedia Edits that I included on the wikipedia "Funeral" page:

Funeral (subsection)

1) Understanding mortuary as a symbolism can generate a hypothesis about the practice of funerals as being of social significance to cultures.

Overview (subsection)

2) When excavating a burial site, archaeologists look for things such as current culture’s attitudes toward the dead, positioning of the human remains, material artifacts that may have been buried alongside the body, and location. This all contributes to figuring out important insights of regional prehistory.

Miwok (subsection)

3) The people of Miwok tribe were either cremated or buried along with their personal possessions. Mourners would cut off pieces of their hair, and older women smeared charred laurel berries on their faces. People sometimes mourned for a whole year if the dead person was important, and widows remained secluded for several months or even for years. Most groups would not speak the name of the dead person. In the summer or fall the tribe held a mourning ceremony in memory of those who had recently died. The people would gather for three or four nights and wail until about midnight. On the last night they lit a large pyre and burned the dead person’s property.

4) A recurring issue that biological archaeologists face is, during the prehistoric/historic period and late period, Malibu was a common burial site for California Indians.  This makes it nearly impossible to separate the remains of individuals who lived during the historic period and those who were buried before the Europeans arrived.