Prácticas funerarias como tratamiento para este y el otro mundo en Sinaloa y Durango. Arqueología y analogía etnográfica

Abstract

There is clear evidence  of the interaction between the archaeological regions of Sinaloa  and  Durango,  and  of  course  much  of  it  is found   in  funerary contexts. In addition, between both  regions  there  is a point  of contact, the Sierra  Madre   Occidental,   where   civilizations  developed  with   their   own practices, but closely related  to both  sides of that mountainous body. Today, this mountain range is inhabited by peoples  with traditions and practices  that date back to pre-Hispanic times, especially  those related  to the so-called Gran Nayar  complex. There  is also  an important corpus  of ethnohistorical data. Thus, through ethnographic analogy  it is possible  to interpret sorne funerary contexts,  which  will  allow  us  to  go beyond   mere  description and  clarify certain particularities of the funerary record, such as sorne incomplete bodies linked  to certain  associated objects.