Hello! I am Caitlin, a third year undergraduate student in anthropology at UVic. What really got me into anthropology was its ability to somehow make me feel connected to the rest of the world without having to travel (although I would love to actually see the world). In anthropology one gets the opportunity to learn about different cultures, as well as one's own culture, and is equipped with the tools to interact with people from different parts of the world who have alter viewpoints than one's own. I find this fascinating! One of the reasons I fell in love with the prospect of taking the Archaeology of Death course offered at UVic was that it deals with one thing that all cultures must account for in some way, and that is the how they should treat the imminent process of death. It will be very interesting to see how these different groups deal with such a common natural item.
I used the title "Pieces Left Behind" because that is exactly what archaeologists have to work with when they find a burial of some kind. They must sort out the "pieces" that the living have decided (either consciously or not) to leave with their dead, and figure out if these items have any worth or meaning for the dead individual and/or the culture that buried him/her. I am truly excited to start this journey of examining the dead and how this might relay back to the lives of the living who did the burial.
Picture taken from: http://www.buzzle.com/articles/day-of-the-dead-skull-tattoos.html
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