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Tropical Medicine &International Health, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objectives To test whether mobile phone surveys conducted remotely might generate data on deaths that are not covered by mortality surveillance systems established in laboratories and health facilities, or in institutions involved in the post‐mortem management of corpses (e.g., morgues, cemeteries).
Aashish Gupta +11 more
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Cremation and the Use of Fire in Mesolithic Mortuary Practices in North-West Europe
, 2017 Cremation is not widely recognized as a form of mortuary treatment amongst the hunter-gatherer communities of Mesolithic north-west Europe (broadly defined as c.9300 cal. BC to c.4000 cal. BC).
Gray Jones, Amy
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Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.Abstract This manuscript documents a systematic ethnomycological analysis of ethnographic archives. Focusing on texts describing human–fungi interactions, I conduct a global, cross‐cultural review of mushroom use, covering 193 societies worldwide. The study reveals diverse mushroom‐related cultural practices, emphasizing the significance of fungi ...
Roope O. Kaaronen
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Robertson at the City: Portrait of a Cemetery Superintendent
Genealogy, 2018 Since the nineteenth century the management of burial grounds has been the function of the cemetery superintendent. Responsible as he or she is for maintenance of the site, grave preparation, burial procedures, administration and staffing, the ...
Brian Parsons
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Shifting aesthetics: Communicating the values of cremation from the mid 1920s to mid 1960s [PDF]
A field of colourful crocuses featured on the cover of a 1965 leaflet issued by The Cremation of Society to promote the values of cremation. This low-growing plant and its fragrant flowers - which throughout human history symbolised rebirth, youthfulness
Amadei, Gian Luca
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National Relics: Secular Sacrality, Museums, and Heritage‐Making in Nineteenth‐Century Chile
Museum Anthropology, Volume 49, Issue 2, Fall 2026.ABSTRACT This article examines how objects and bodily remains are transformed and ritualized into national relics through collecting and exhibiting practices in museums. Focusing on nineteenth‐century Chile, it draws on archival sources, material culture theory, and the anthropology of religion to argue that objects associated with Chile's nation‐state
Hugo Rueda Ramírez
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Cremation in Modern Scotland: History, Architecture and the Law
, 2017 This book constructs the very first account of how Scottish cremationists pioneered a radical alternative to burial. The authors employed an interdisciplinary approach, derived from history, theology, the anthropology of religion, law and architecture ...
White, Stephen R G +4 more
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Cremation Site 7 (Excavation 4.1), Southern Suburb of Taurica Chersonesos
During a comprehensive exploration of the Southern suburb of Tauric Chersonesos in 2021–2023, about 340 cremation sites were discovered; those were designated locations where the bodies of the deceased buried in the necropolis were burned according to ...
Viktor V. Vakhoneev, Viktor V. Kropotov
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Effects of Cremation on Fetal Bones
, 2017 The charring process is a weak point of anthropological analysis as it changes bone morphology and reduces information obtainable, specially in fetuses. This experiment aims at verifying the conservation of fetal bones after cremation.
A. Mazzucchi +28 more
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