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Découverte de vestiges funéraires laténiens à Saint-Ferjeux « La Canotte » (Haute-Saône)
This paper presents a cremation burial dating from the La Tène period recently discovered at Saint-Ferjeux (Haut-Saône) during an archaeological evaluation.
Isabelle Dard +3 more
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Cremation burials in early Bronze Age Malta : evidence from Tarxien and Ggantija [PDF]
A common way of disposing of the dead across the entire Mediterranean (and even beyond) from prehistoric down to late Roman times was to bury the corpse - or the burnt remains, if cremated - in a built chamber or in a floor cavity and then cover it ...
Azzopardi, George
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Learning from the Dead: How Burial Practices in Roman Britain Reflect Changes in Belief and Society
This paper begins by examining the burial traditions of the Iron age Britons and Classical Romans to see how these practices reflect their societal values and belief systems. The funerary methods of both the Britons and Romans are then analyzed following
Engel, Samuel F.
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Niełatwa archeologia klifów – przypadek stanowisk w Bagiczu [PDF]
The following paper presents the problem of archaeological sites located on cliffs on the Southern Baltic Sea shore. This article discusses issues related to a necessity of solving the problem of this kind of research, related to methodological, as well ...
Chmiel-Chrzanowska, Marta
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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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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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Religion, culture and politics in the Philippines [PDF]
This essay addresses two questions with regard to the contemporary Philippines: the question of political violence and the question of status and hierarchy or, as some would have it, class.
Tremlett, Paul-Francois
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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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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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