Ceremonial Banquets

Navajo Ceremonial System

Ceremonial Dialogues in South America

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Bone Chemistry and Paleodiet at the Ceremonial Center of Tibes

The reconstruction of past human diet is one of the most basic concerns of the archaeologist. Food production and distribution, besides being essential to survival, are defi ned by, and help to defi ne, a broad range of social, cultural, and political processes. In almost every society, food forms a key part of social and economic relations at multiple levels, as well as serving as a symbol rel...

Pacopampa: Early evidence of violence at a ceremonial site in the northern Peruvian highlands

OBJECTIVES Pacopampa, a ceremonial complex in Peru's northern highlands, reveals early evidence of trauma in the Middle to Late Formative Period coinciding with the emergence of social stratification in the area. We examine the prevalence of trauma in human remains found at the site and present evidence of the circumstances surrounding the deaths of individuals who lived during the early stages...

Breaking the ceremonial order: patients' and doctors' accounts of removal from a general practitioner's list.

The removal of patients from general practitioners' (GPs) lists in the UK offers important sociological insights into what happens when the doctor-patient relationship 'goes wrong'. An interactionist analysis shows how removers (doctors) and removed (patients) strategically invoke 'rules of conduct' to account for difficulties in the doctor-patient relationship and for GPs' decisions to end the...