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This chapter considers the use of grave offerings in the Maros funerary program. Unlike the treatment and disposition of the body, which were the subject of Chapter 6 and which have a strong normative component, grave offerings provide important avenues for distinguishing among individuals and the various statuses they were perceived as occupying.
Tis a gay round of pleasure I’ve traveled, Nor will I leave behind a foe. And when my companions are jovial They will drink to old Rosin the Beau.
—“Rosin the Beau” Traditional Irish ballad
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O’Shea, J.M. (1996). Maros Funerary Differentiation. In: Villagers of the Maros. Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0304-4_7
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