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Secondary burial in the Netherlands: Rights, rites and motivations
Mortality, 2009 Abstract Secondary burial, though often associated with exotic places, appears to be less rare in the Netherlands than people assume. In this article we discuss contemporary re-interments of ‘average’ people, seeking to understand why such reburials take place and whether, and how, the events are ritualised. The reburials, we found, do not conform to a
Meike Heessels, Eric Venbrux
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A costume in the funeral rituals of the Mari people
Финно-угорский мир, 2020 Introduction. Burial rites, which are a traditional object of research in archeology and ethnography, are one of most stable elements of ethnic culture.
Anzhelika N. Pavlova
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The Oldest Jewish Cemetery in Prostějov (Czechia) in the View of Archaeological Research
Fasciculi Archaeologiae Historicae, 2023 Graves excavated during the rescue archaeological research of Hlaváčkovo square/Šerhovní street in Prostějov (Czechia) in 1998 can be linked to the presumed oldest Jewish cemetery owing to the presence of Jewish burial customs in the form of pottery ...
Tereza Holasová
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Społeczna interpretacja wybranych wczesnośredniowiecznych cmentarzysk rzędowych w perspektywie gender studies i lifecycle analysis [PDF]
, 2018 The study consists of two parts. The first part comprises analysis and social interpretation of archaeological and anthropological burial data from selected early medieval row cemeteries located in the catchment area of the Odra and Vistula rivers.
Błaszczyk, Dariusz
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The grief experience during the COVID-19 pandemic across different cultures
Annals of General Psychiatry, 2022 Grief is the physical or mental suffering experienced after a major loss, usually the death of a loved one. It is a universal experience, but sociocultural factors, such as cultural or ethnic identity and religious beliefs predict and shape the ...
Frances Adiukwu +13 more
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Поволжская археология, 2014 The article is dedicated to the results of many-years’ (1990-2010) excavations on the ancient Mordovian Steksovo II burial ground site. The burial ground had functioned in the 3rd to 13th centuries AD.
Martianov Vladimir N. +1 more
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Investigating Social Exclusion in Late Prehistoric Italy: Preliminary Results of the ‘‘IN or OUT’’ Project (PHASE 1) [PDF]
, 2014 This report presents the preliminary results of the ‘‘IN or OUT’’ Project, a collaborative, interdisciplinary effort which aims to investigate social exclusion, marginality and the adoption of anomalous funerary rites in late prehistoric Italy.
Perego, E +3 more
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Things of the ground: Children's medicine, motherhood and memory in the Cameroon grassfields [PDF]
, 2011 Copyright @ 2011 Cambridge University PressSoon after birth, infants in the Cameroon Grassfields chiefdom of Oku are submitted by their parents to rites known generically as ‘children's medicine’ (k∂fu ∂bwan). Ostensibly performed to protect infants from
Argenti +34 more
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Вісник Харківського національного університету імені В.Н. Каразіна. Серія: Ìсторія України. Українознавство: історичні та філософські науки, 2023 The aim of the study is to analyse the traditional customs, rites and beliefs of the burial and commemoration of unbaptized infants on the territory of historical and ethnographic Volhynia; to compare the traditions of the Volhynians with the traditions ...
Bohdan Solop
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