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Evocative computing – creating meaningful lasting experiences in connecting with the past [PDF]
, 2013 We present an approach – evocative computing – that demonstrates how ‘at hand’ technologies can be ‘picked up’ and used by people to create meaningful and lasting experiences, through connecting and interacting with the past. The approach is instantiated
J. McCarthy +9 more
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Religions, 2020 Cemeteries have been viewed in opposed ways as ritual spaces that either mirror society or present an idealized model of society. In this article, we propose an analysis of cemeteries as ritual spaces, focused on the case study of municipal cemetery ...
C. Jedan +4 more
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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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Cremation practices and the creation of monument complexes: the Neolithic cremation cemetery at Forteviot, Strathearn, Perth & Kinross, Scotland, and its comparanda [PDF]
, 2017 Around the beginning of the 3rd millennium cal bc a cremation cemetery was established at Forteviot, central Scotland. This place went on to become one of the largest monument complexes identified in Mainland Scotland, with the construction of a ...
Brophy, Kenneth, Noble, Gordon
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Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection, 2020 This paper investigated the comparative analysis of groundwater contamination in Third Cemetery and Costain Dumpsite in Benin Metropolis, South South of Nigeria, using Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) and Physicochemical analysis of water.
O. Idehen
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PLoS ONE, 2019 Abydos is a large, complex archaeological site located approximately 500 km south of Cairo in Upper Egypt. The site has served as a cemetery for thousands of years and is where most of the Early Dynastic royal tombs are located. North Abydos includes the
Ahmed M. Abdel-Azeem +4 more
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Wellbeing, Space and SocietyBackground: Social prescribing (SP) is a non-clinical approach connecting citizens to community support to better manage their health and wellbeing. Wrexham University (WU) offers a Nature-based Social Prescribing (NBSP) pathway for students to connect ...
Abraham Makanjuola +2 more
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Funerals in the north of Europe
Approaching Religion, 2023 Editorial of Approaching Religion, Vol.
Martha Middlemiss Lé Mon +3 more
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A monumental cemetery built by eastern Africa’s first herders near Lake Turkana, Kenya
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2018 Significance Archaeologists have long sought monumental architecture’s origins among societies that were becoming populous, sedentary, and territorial. In sub-Saharan Africa, however, dispersed pastoralists pioneered monumental construction.
E. Hildebrand +14 more
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Social participation and logistical elements of cemetery waste biofraction management
Economics and EnvironmentIn the 21st century, waste is a growing problem and must be considered one of the essential elements of creating conditions for sustainable development.
Joanna Kostecka +7 more
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