Author Question: Analyses of burial populations from Mississippian sites indicate all of the following except a. ... (Read 52 times)

cabate · **on:** Jul 20, 2018

Analyses of burial populations from Mississippian sites indicate all of the following except

a. clear status differences among men and women, as well as among classes, reflected by types and abundance of grave goods.
b. that men ate more meat than women, and that high status men ate more meat than low status men.
c. that although the elite had access to resources that low status individuals did not, the quality of life of low status individuals did not appear negatively affected.
d. all males, elite or not, were buried together with women and children.
e. some commoners were buried away from the mounds with no burial goods preserved.

Question 2

By assuming that the treatment of people in death reflects their status and roles in life, the data from more than 3000 burials at Moundville indicates that

a. Moundville society was egalitarian.
b. Moundville society was ranked, most likely a chiefdom.
c. house structures as well as burials were unrelated to the status of people at Moundville.
d. Moundville society was matrilineal; females were buried with many more grave goods than males.
e. Moundville males were more brutish than females.