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Sustainable deathstyles? The geography of green burials in Britain [PDF]
, 2014 In the context of a wider literature on ‘deathscapes’, we map the emergence of a new mode of burial and remembrance in Britain. Since a ‘green’ burial ground was established in Carlisle in 1993, sites for so-called ‘green, ‘natural’ or ‘woodland ...
Kelly, CL +3 more
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Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.Abstract A lack of minimum legal standards for body donation programs undermines recent strides by anatomy professionals to promote ethical best practices in the United States (US). In particular, the commercialization of the dead by nontransplant tissue banks poses a risk to the public trust in academic body donation programs.
Laura E. Johnson
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Animal Cremation Based on Ritual in Banjar Nyelati Kuwum Village, Mengwi Badung
Space and Culture, IndiaThis study aims to describe the implementation of ritual-based animal cremation at Bali Animal Cremation in Banjar Nyelati, Desa Kuwum, Mengwi District, Badung Regency.
I Made Girinata +3 more
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Infection Risk From Humans and Animals in the Anatomy Laboratory: A Scoping Review
Clinical Anatomy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Whole‐body dissection is a cornerstone of anatomy education. During and following the COVID‐19 pandemic, exposure to infectious agents and other risks of dissection were highlighted. To identify potential risks, one must have the data outlining these risks in specific situations.
Margaret A. McNulty, Elizabeth R. Agosto
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Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d’Anthropologie de Paris, 2005 An archaeological excavation carried out on the site of Reichstett-Mundolsheim, near Strasbourg, produced a circular pit dated to the beginning of the Late Neolithic period which contained a simultaneous primary cremation of eleven individuals. The large
Frédérique Blaizot
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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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Clinical Anatomy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The use of human donor bodies for anatomical examination in the United Kingdom is regulated by the Human Tissue Authority (England, Wales, and Northern Ireland) and His Majesty's Inspector of Anatomy for Scotland. This study aimed to assess the variability of information provided to body donors and the associated consent forms across UK ...
Janet A. C. Philp, Kat A. Sanders
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Reconstructing Syntheses in Romano-British Cremation
Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal, 2005 This paper focuses on archaeological reconstructions of Romano-British cremation, reexamining the syntheses of evidence, inference and terminology that inform our current understandings of this form of ritual action.
Melania Cazzulo
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Last rites and human rights: funeral pyres and religious freedom in the United Kingdom [PDF]
, 2010 This article considers the litigation in Ghai v Newcastle City Council in which the legality of open air funeral pyres under the Cremation Act 1902, and under the right to freedom of religion and belief in article 9 of the European Convention on Human ...
Cumper, P, Lewis, T
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Emic–Etic Perspectives on Southeast Asian Cultural Attitudes Surrounding Human Remains
International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Community ethics and cultural attitudes vary across contexts in which professionals work with human remains. Southeast Asia is home to millions; thus, there are challenges when attempting to understand and articulate the diversity in cultures, ideologies, and ethics surrounding the dead.
Tatfeef Haque +19 more
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