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Reimagining Rural Spaces: Cultural Practices and Aesthetic Design for Active Ageing in Northern Thai Community

open access: yesAsia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the role of rural aesthetics and cultural practises in promoting active ageing amongst older adults in Baan Pong Nuea Village, Northern Thailand. Addressing a critical gap in the literature, it examines how the residential environment influences elderly well‐being in a rural context.
Alisa Nutley
wiley   +1 more source

Le cadavre éprouvé

open access: yesCahiers d'Études du Religieux- Recherches Interdisciplinaires, 2013
What place is it granted to the corpse in the various cultures? How does it assign the alive ? How is it also felt in the funeral rites ? To answer these questioning, some comparisons between the cultures are proposed, in particular the celestial burial ...
Nadia Veyrié
doaj   +1 more source

Navigating the Flames: Comparative Analysis of Cremation Practices in the Roman and Early Medieval Periods at Gbely‐Kojatín (SK) and Přítluky (CZ)

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Cremation became the dominant funerary practice in the Middle Danube Region during the Roman Period (RP) (1st–4th century) and reappeared in the Early Medieval Ages (EMA) (6th/7th–8th century). This study aims to reconstruct differences in cremation conditions from the Gbely‐Kojatín site (Slovakia, RP and EMA) and the Přítluky site (Czech ...
Katarína Hladíková   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The History of Religion: Ancient Rome Edition 1960–2026

open access: yes
Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.
Celia E. Schultz
wiley   +1 more source

An Archaeometric Approach to Reveal Organic Compounds via GC‐MS Analyses of Two Discovered Incense Burners at Daba Al‐Bayah

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study focuses on two terracotta incense burners discovered in the Daba Al‐Bayah necropolis in the Musandam Peninsula (Oman), associated with an Iron Age collective tomb (LCG‐2). Through gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC‐MS), the organic residues preserved within these artifacts were analyzed to investigate their use and ...
Francesco Genchi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Funeral Rite of the Spartan Kings

open access: yesSTUDIA ANTIQUA ET ARCHAEOLOGICA, 2022
This article is a historical commentary on Herodotus’ account of the funerals of the Spartan kings. It is an attempt on the author’s part to explain why for centuries the royal funerary ritual continued unchanged despite its being too lavish for ascetic Sparta. The study focuses on the socio-economic composition of the funeral attendees.
openaire   +1 more source

Wari Lithic Technology on the Northern Coast of the Andes: Geochemical, 2D Geometric Morphometric, and Technological Analyses of Obsidian Bifaces From San José de Moro

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines Wari obsidian production in a cache of 39 bifaces found at the Late Moche site of San José de Moro (Jequetepeque Valley, North Coast of Peru, 700–850 ad). Portable X‐ray fluorescence, geometric morphometric, and technological analyses were used to investigate raw material provenance and bifacial production.
Antonio Pérez‐Balarezo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Украино-ананские параллели в погребальной обрядности / Ukrainian-Alan parallels in the funeral rites

open access: yesМатериалы по археологии и истории античного и средневекового Крыма, 2011
The article is dedicated to the analogous rites in the funeral ceremonials of the medieval Alans, described by Giosafat Barbaro, and the Ukrainians, described by Jean Benoît Scherer.
K.Ju Rahno
doaj  

A cultural Approach to Translating Ewe funerary Terms into English and French [PDF]

open access: yesUirtus
This study explores the translation of Ewe funeral terminology into English and French, emphasizing the intricate connection between language and culture.
Theophile Kwame Atonon   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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