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Spatiotemporal change of land use for deceased in Beijing since the mid-twentieth century
Open Geosciences, 2021 The land use for the deceased is not only for the dead but also for the living relatives. It competes with land use for living populations in urban areas through occupying a specific space of land.
Doi Haruhiro +3 more
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Style and Shape of Bolgar-Tatar Sepulchral Monuments: unity and uniqueness
Поволжская археология, 2023 The installing of sepulchral monuments is not an obligatory element of funeral culture in Islam. However, this phenomenon is widespread among the Tatar people. The tradition, which appeared in ancient times, still exists today. This article discusses the
Mukhametshin Dzhamil G.
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Khor Shambat, Early Khartoum, Neolithic, cemetery, graves, settlement, pottery, lithic inventory, archaeozoology [PDF]
Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean, 2017 The locality of Khor Shambat in the Omdurman district of Khartoum was investigated in 2012. The site lies between two gorges draining water to the Nile Valley from the west.
Przemysław Bobrowski +3 more
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Lidded Jar from Grave No. 40 at Tell El-Murra Cemetery
Studies in Ancient Art and Civilization, 2021 The goal of the article is to provide data about a lidded jar discovered in a Tell el-Murra (Nile Delta) grave from the Early Dynastic period. Through the publication of the morphological and technological analysis of the lidded vessel and the details ...
Magdalena Kazimierczak
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Excavation of the small animal cemetery at the Roman Red Sea harbor of Berenike in 2018 and 2019 [PDF]
Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean, 2019 The paper discusses funeral practices with regard to animals in ancient Berenike, investigated in two seasons of exploration, 2018 and 2019 (trenches BE18/19-107, BE01/19-48 and BE19/132). Three groups of animals are represented almost exclusively in the
Piotr Osypiński, Marta Osypińska
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Additional Observations on \u3ci\u3eTachypompilus Ferrugineus\u3c/i\u3e With Emphasis on Male Behavior (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) [PDF]
, 2017 An aggregation of 11 males and 5 females of Tachypompilus ferrugineus was studied during August and September 1989 at a 2 m-high cemetery monument i Syracuse, NY. Male perching behavior and male-male and male-female interactions are described.
Kurczewski, Frank E
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Connecting existing cemeteries saving good soils (for livings) [PDF]
, 2020 Background: Urban sprawl consumes and degrades productive soils worldwide. Fast and safe decomposition of corpses requires high-quality functional soils, and land use which competes with both agriculture and buildings.
Pantani O.-L., Scalenghe R.
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, 2013 Like most other ancient cities, Ephesus was surrounded by large-scale necropoleis. Except for a few examples, the typical burial sites were located in extramural burial areas outside the Hellenistic city-walls.Sanitary precautions and fear of defilement readily explain this law.
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Flint artefacts from the Wielbark culture cemetery at Weklice, Site 7, Elbląg county
Journal of Lithic Studies, 2016 In the Bronze Age flint was still being used throughout Europe. In the early periods of that age flint continued to play an important role in the economy in many areas, as evidenced by the numerous flint mines in use at the time as well as flint tools ...
Magdalena Natuniewicz-Sekuła +1 more
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