Hey Everyone!
First of all, introductions are in order... I'm in my fourth year of a Anthropology major and Greek and Roman studies minor. I love archaeology to the point where I have to restrain myself when I sign up for more courses as I believe I maxed out my required archaeology courses quite some time ago. When I saw Archaeology of Death 397 as an available option my willpower cracked and here I am.
So this blog will contain various musings and interesting (at least to me) thoughts about the many beliefs and customs surrounding the separation of the dead from the living. I'm very excited about this course. To top it off, we started with reading an eyewitness account of a funeral of a Rus! As one that takes Slavic studies on the side I naturally thought this was really interesting. At that point I realized I was destined to take this course.
I've been stuck with a lot of other anthropology courses lately, which were interesting but my interests lie more with the archaeology side of things and how cultural identity can be revealed through material remains. In this course I hope to learn more about different practices concerning the dead. Definitely looking forward to the classes to come!
- Meg.
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