Dear Ms. Moore:
Could You please give me the citation of the article
where this burial is reported?
Thank You.
Sincerely,
Kim Dammers
--- "Elizabeth A. Moore" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> And then there is the Native American village site
> in Virginia (U.S.) where there were over 100 dogs
> intentionally buried (not as part of middens or
> trash deposits). Several of them were buried with
> severed human arms. So, who had the status - the
> dog or the human?
>
> Talk about "biting the hand that feeds you".....
>
> Elizabeth
>
> Dr. Elizabeth A. Moore, Curator
> Virginia Museum of Natural History
> 1001 Douglas Avenue
> Martinsville, VA 24112
> [log in to unmask]
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ed Maher <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 1:58 PM
> Subject: Re: Dogs
>
>
> Dear Annette:
>
> You are right about certain dogs being selected
> for differential mortuary treatment, but the 'why'
> is an interesting question. You had mentioned that
> perhaps those dogs with grave goods were valued as
> good guards or hunters, in which case the dog's
> societal value was goverened by an achieved status;
> where their deeds in life allowed them to attain a
> relatively elevated status when compared to other
> doggies.
>
> The other side of the coin may be that these
> dogs were given elaborate burials because they were
> owned by important people in the community, such as
> the local elite. If so, perhaps the status of these
> dogs was linked to their association with important
> members of the population.
>
>
> Ed Maher
> Ph.D. Candidate
> U. of Illinois at Chicago
>
>
>
>
>
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