Disarticulation: Original Scale [SCCS1851]

Description: Schroeder, S. (2001). Secondary disposal of the dead: cross-cultural codes. World Cultures, 12(1), 77-93.

Codes [click for detailed code description]
Code # Code
1 disarticulation does not occur or is not recoverable archaeologically.
3 disarticulation of human osseous remains occurs prior to final disposal in the case of individuals who are members of the society, but are not resident with their group of orientation at the time of death. The body must be returned to the group of orientation for proper burial. Incidental to the returning process, the body decomposes and the result is a mass of disarticulated bones, which must be disposed of.
4 disarticulation of human osseous remains occurs prior to final disposal only in situations where circumstances of death dictate that the body be curated until a time that is propitious for final disposal.
5 disarticulation of human osseous remains occurs prior to final disposal in a proportion of instances, with status, age-grade, kin, or sodality associations being the determining factor.
6 disarticulation of human osseous remains occurs prior to final disposal in all or nearly all instances of adult deaths.
7 disarticulation results from scavenger activity.

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Dataset:
Murdock and White 1969 'Standard Cross-Cultural Sample'
Variable:
Disarticulation: Original Scale [SCCS1851]
Description:
Schroeder, S. (2001). Secondary disposal of the dead: cross-cultural codes. World Cultures, 12(1), 77-93.
Values:
1 Absent 92
3 present: return home 6
4 present: timing 1
5 present: status determines 17
6 prsent: nearly all 33
7 scavenger activity 13
Datapoint Society Language family Details Focal year Subcase