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Mobile Interpreting of Heritage Values in Historical Cemeteries [PDF]
, 2014 The paper presents a mobile application introducing the heritage values in historical cemeteries. The application is developed for both the experts of the domain and people merely interested in the topic.
Deák, Ildikó +6 more
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Archaeometry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study presents multifaceted analyses of metal artefacts from the Jodłowno Hoard (Northern Poland), revealing that the metal originated from Iberian polymetallic ore deposits. Transported as raw ingots via Atlantic maritime routes, this copper was reworked locally into regionally distinctive forms.
K. Nowak +4 more
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Burials in Jewish culture as a set of socio-religious functions and how these change over time
Kulturní Studia, 2015 This paper focuses on the social and religious functions of burial and bereavement in Jewish culture. Its goal is to study hidden ritual functions and make sense of this rite.
Gabriela Reifová
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ReligionsSeoul systematically removed all graveyards that once lay within the city and its surrounding areas, a phenomenon notably distinct from urban development patterns in other parts of the world.
Hoyoung Lee
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Archaeometry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study presents the first GC‐MS–based analyses of wide horizontal rim vessels with well‐defined funerary contexts, from Middle Bronze Age Portugal (Quinta do Amorim 2 and Pego). Organic residues from two vessels revealed ruminant fats and plant oils, alongside molecular markers of heat exposure.
João Vinícius Back +5 more
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Death-scapes in Taipei and Manila: a postmodernnecrography [PDF]
, 2007 This paper analyses changing geographies of disposal in the urban centres of Taipei in Taiwan and Manila in the Philippines, specifically shifts from burial to cremation and the extent to which such shifts reflect changing patterns of residence ...
Tremlett, Paul-Francois
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Archaeometry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT As the capital of Makuria, Tungul was a major sociopolitical center within medieval Nubia, being the seat of a bishopric and a monastic community. During the excavation of the Kom H monastery, three burial crypts (Crypts 1–3) were uncovered.
Robert J. Stark +2 more
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A few words about brochure “Death from graves”
Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2017 In the second half of the 18th century, attention was paid to the problem of harmful air arising from burials in churches and in urban cemeteries. For several years, in many countries, special regulations have been issued banning such funerals and ...
Gabriela Frischke
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Archaeometry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Morphological and morphometric analysis of archaeological animal hairs offers a nondestructive method to explore past clothing. We examined hair from two 18th‐century burial areas (SP03 and SP04) in Mazamet, France. SP03 specimens exhibited a continuous medulla, a low medullary index (0.2 ± 0.03) and cuticular features suggesting goat or ...
C. Michel +9 more
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