Mogollon burial practice featured bowl with kill hole placed over face

Mogollon burial practice featured bowl with kill hole placed over face. Mogollon people placed a bowl over the face of the deceased and punched a kill hole through it before burial The kill hole may have been intentionally made to render the bowl unusable, preventing theft of valuable trade goods from graves Pueblo peoples claim descent from the Mogollon, but DNA testing has not been conducted due to NAGPRA restrictions on Native American remains

The Mogollon had a distinctive burial practice: they placed a bowl over the face of the deceased and punched a kill hole through it before burial. Researchers theorize the kill hole may have been intentionally made to render the bowl unusable, preventing theft of valuable trade goods from graves. While Pueblo peoples claim descent from the Mogollon, DNA testing has not been conducted due to NAGPRA restrictions on Native American remains, leaving this connection unverified.

Key Facts

• Mogollon people placed a bowl over the face of the deceased and punched a kill hole through it before burial
• The kill hole may have been intentionally made to render the bowl unusable, preventing theft of valuable trade goods from graves
• Pueblo peoples claim descent from the Mogollon, but DNA testing has not been conducted due to NAGPRA restrictions on Native American remains

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