TIME IN THE REPRODUCTION OF MORTUARY PRACTICES

This paper argues that the archaeologist can interpret the way time wa s marked through human practices and manipulated in the reproduction o f relations of dominance. It is argued that this task can be accomplis hed by moving interpretative/analytical emphasis away from the examina tion of static patterns, and interpreting the way those variables were mobilized as symbolic resources in the production and maintenance of social structures. These points are discussed through the study of the mortuary practices of Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age East Yorksh ire, England.