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Four hundred and six graves from different periods dating from the Iron Age to the Late Middle Ages have been unearthed in the excavations of the archaeological site of Vrt Relja from January 2005 to June 2006.
Manuela Plohl
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The Henry Chapman Site (41SM56) [PDF]
In the mid-1950s, Sam Whiteside conducted excavations at the Henry Chapman site, his site P-5 (41SM56), on Prairie Creek in eastern Smith County, Texas, some 18 miles east of Tyler, Texas. Mr.
Walters, Mark
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Stiff Competition: Vertical Relationships in Cremation Services [PDF]
I examine the relationship between retail market competition and wholesale contracting patterns, by analyzing subcontracting behavior of funeral homes (retailers) and crematories (wholesalers) in the Minnesota funeral industry.
Lori Parcel
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New objects in old structures: The Iron Age hoard of the Palacio III megalithic funerary complex (Almadén de la Plata, Seville, Spain) [PDF]
Cultural contact, exchange and interaction feature high in the list of challenging topics of current research on European Prehistory. Not far off is the issue of the changing role of monuments in the making and maintaining of key cultural devices such as
Forteza González, M +6 more
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A corpus of 85 facts and some 320 burials allows us to revisit the question of the funerary complexes and practices of the 1st century BC in the Île-de-France region. While the distribution of sites still reveals areas that are devoid of any information,
Jean-Marc Séguier, Émilie Louesdon
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This article presents the first synthesis of the evidence for a diverse range of mortuary practices across the British Isles, and an interpretation of what they suggest about understandings of the body, relatedness, personhood and ancestry in Early ...
Chris Fowler
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Samuel D. Gross, M.D. (1805-1884): an innovator, even in death. [PDF]
Dr. Samuel Gross\u27 contributions to the field of surgery are well known and range from numerous clinical advances to pioneering scholarship and professional activities. Dr. Gross was ceaselessly ambitious and even remarked in his autobiography that his
Bucciarelli, B.S., Peter R. +4 more
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Inlaid ceramics belonging to the Encrusted Pottery Culture and dated to the Middle Bronze Age (2000–1500 BC) are highly distinctive vessels with complex decorative motifs found in large numbers in the Transdanubia region of Hungary.
Kiss, V., Roberts, S., Sofaer, J.
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Burials of martial character in the British Iron Age [PDF]
The significance of the decision to bury an individual with martial objects during the British Iron Age cannot be overstated. It is a rare subset of funerary practice, conferred upon select individuals.
Inall, Yvonne
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The colonial erosion of African traditional and cultural practices continues to dislocate the African identity in different ways. The changes and shifts made to burial practices have simply paved a way for the colonial agenda to bring about more Western ...
Rabson Hove +2 more
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