@evan This doesn't speak to the archaeology aspect but there are a lot of great non-fiction books that look at society's relationship(s) to their dead. This is the one I've read most recently
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58724737-all-the-living-and-the-dead

And this one was very memorable, if a more difficult read

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9555687-the-red-market
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