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

本论文的研究课题是比较分析因纽特人从史前到基督教影响时期的丧葬习俗。尽管因纽特人在地理上分散，但他们在文化上有许多相似之处。然而，处理尸体的方法多种多样。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、加拿大和丹麦的博物馆和图书馆的民间传说，以记录这种变化的范围和性质。该项目将使人们更全面地了解历史和史前因纽特人群体以及北极狩猎采集者的殡葬习俗。

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.