Elite mortuary practices at San José de Moro during the transitional period: the case study of collective burial M-U615 (original) (raw)

Carolina at Chapel Hill) who always provided insightful comments on previous drafts of this paper. However, I remain responsible for any error. Special thanks to all the staff, students and technicians, who participated in the Proyecto Arqueológico San José de Moro during the excavation of Burial M-U615 (1997-1999), especially to Moises Tufinio, who was always up to share his fieldwork experience. Thanks to Percy Fiestas for the ink-drawings of the ceramic assemblage and skeletons. Thanks to the Research Laboratories of Archaeology at the Department of Anthropology at UNC-Chapel Hill. I would like to thank Patricia Pérez-Albela and Martin del Carpio who were always there listening carefully, and Daniel Quiñones, who read a preliminary draft of this paper. Thanks to Robin Rinaldi and Chuck Tharp for all their care during all these years at Chapel Hill. I am also grateful to Clara Carrasco for her support during the final stage of preparation of this paper. Finally, thanks to my family for their comprehension, love and decisive support since my first day in Archaeology.