Preliminary Report on Human Interment Patterns of the Draper Site
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Journal Article
Preliminary Report on Human Interment Patterns of the Draper Site
Canadian Journal of Archaeology 2(): 117-121 (1978)
Abstract
A brief description is presented of 13 non-ossuary human burials encountered in excavation of the Draper site, a proto-contact Ontario Huron site. Ethnographic descriptions of Huron burial practices suggest interpretations for the distinctive nature of these interments.
Resume
Le site Draper, un site huron ontarien de la période de protocontact, a livré 13 sépultures humaines non assimilables à des ossuaires et qui sont brièvement décrites dans cet article. Les descriptions ethnographiques des coutumes funéraires des Hurons suggèrent des interprétations pour la nature particulière de ces enterrements.
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