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La mort vivante ou le corps intercesseur (société maure-islam malékite)

Revue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée, 2006
In this article, images and practices related to death are examined through a reading of Islamic scriptural sources as well as through their inscription in a specific society, the Moorish society of Mauritania.
Corinne Fortier
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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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Fonctionnement des tombes du début du Bronze final (XIVe – XIIe s. av. J.C.) dans le sud-est du bassin parisien (France)

Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d’Anthropologie de Paris, 2009
The “disturbed” aspect of graves on many sites of the European Bronze Age has for the most part been interpreted as the result of looting. In the light of the observations made at Barbuise—La Saulsotte “Frécul” and Barbey “Les Cent Arpents”, the ...
Stéphane Rottier
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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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Foundations of ancient Egyptian religion: Fear of death and/or pursuit of order

Шаги
The idea that fear of death forms the basic motivation for cultural and religious practices has gained attention of cognitive science and has been experimentally tested in recent decades. It is now known as the terror management theory (TMT).
E. V. Alexandrova
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Evaluation of a Subsequent Deposition of Human Bodies in a Funerary Site in Sardinia (Italy) Using Entomological Evidence

Heritage
Environmental elements, such as insects, plants, algae and microbes, may provide important information when reconstructing and interpreting past events.
Fabiola Tuccia, Consuelo Rodriguez, Giorgia Giordani, Maria Eulàlia Subirà, Vittorio Mazzarello, Stefano Vanin   +5 more
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The oldest amputation on a Neolithic human skeleton in France [PDF]

, 2007
While 'surgical' practices such as trepanations are well attested since the first stages of the European Neolithic, the amputation of limbs in Prehistoric periods has not been well-documented until the case presented here. The particularly well-
Cecile Buquet-Marcon, Charlier Philippe, Samzun Anaick   +2 more
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A Rediscovery of Caddo Heritage: The W. T. Scott Collection at the American Museum of Natural History [PDF]

, 2005
Back in August 1997, the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma had submitted a Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) claim for a cranium that had been obtained by the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York City in 1877.
Cast, Robert, Gonzalez, Bobby, Nelson, Bo, Perttula, Timothy K.   +3 more
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The exceptional finding of Locus 2 at Dehesilla Cave and the Middle Neolithic ritual funerary practices of the Iberian Peninsula. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2020
García-Rivero D, Taylor R, Umbelino C, Price TD, García-Viñas E, Bernáldez-Sánchez E, Pérez-Jordà G, Peña-Chocarro L, Barrera-Cruz M, Gibaja-Bao JF, Díaz-Rodríguez MJ, Monteiro P, Vera-Rodríguez JC, Pérez-González J.   +13 more
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Towards a fuller, more nuanced narrative of Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age Britain 2500-1500 BC [PDF]

, 2008
This contribution considers some of the many recent advances in our understanding of Chalcolithic and Bronze Age Britain and uses these to highlight the weak points in our current state of knowledge.
Sheridan, J A
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