Dissertation Improvement Grant: A Comparative Analysis of Inuit Mortuary Practices from Prehistoric Times to the Influences of Christianity

本论文的资助建议是因纽特人群体的丧葬习俗从史前时代到基督教的影响进行了比较分析。 虽然因纽特人群体在地理上分散，但他们有许多文化相似之处。 然而，尸体处理的方法多种多样。 这项研究结合了人种学和考古学的描述和数据，以及来自美国、加拿大和丹麦博物馆和图书馆的民间传说，以记录变异的范围和性质。 该项目将使人们更全面地了解历史上和史前的因纽特人群体以及北极狩猎采集者的丧葬习俗。

This dissertation grant proposal is a comparative analysis of the mortuary practices of Inuit groups from prehistoric times up to the influence of Christianity. Although Inuit groups are geographically disperse, they share many cultural similarities. However, methods of corpse disposal are varied. The study combines ethnographic and archeological descriptions and data with folklore accounts from museums and libraries in the United States, Canada, and Denmark in an effort to document the range and nature of the variability. The project will produce a fuller understanding of historic and pre-historic Inuit groups and arctic hunter-gatherer mortuary practices.