The Late Iron Age in Switzerland: a review of anthropological, funerary, and isotopic studies. [PDF]
Archaeol Anthropol Sci, 2023 Cooper C, Milella M, Lösch S.
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Laughing at the Funeral : gender and anthropology in the Greek funerary rites [PDF]
, 2009 Funeral ritual is a form of social practice that has not changed much through history, belonging to the taboo area of death. However, the meaning of different ritual practices was changing through the time. Women’s power in patriarchal societies and influence also turns around liminal areas touching taboos, therefore gender-oriented research should ...
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The funerary paintings at Tarquinia, recognized for their extraordinary cultural and artistic importance, reflect the Etruscan aristocracy's outlook on life, funeral rites, and their concept of the afterlife, such as their relationship with nature ...
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Revue Archéologique du Centre de la FranceThe La Justice funerary complex at Varennes-sur-Seine (Seine-et-Marne) is located 350 m from the aristocratic settlement of the same name, on the edge of a paleochannel.
Jean-Marc Séguier
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The conclamatio, a funerary rite of protection
One of the traditional rites of the Roman funeral is the one known as the conclamatio, that is, the reciting out loud of the name of the deceased three times in succession. It is a rite mentioned in all studies on death in Rome, but there are still numerous questions regarding its execution and its purpose.
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Ritual Closure: Rites De Passage and Apotropaic Magic in an Animate World. [PDF]
J Archaeol Method Theory, 2023 Walker WH, Berryman J.
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Return to Nature: Sacred Plants in the Azerin Funerary Rite of Candomblé Nação Angola. [PDF]
Plants (Basel)Azevedo TS, Ramos YJ, Silva NCBD.
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Dietary perspectives on social asymmetry in a full Iron Age community of northern Italy: stable isotope evidence from the Patavine CUS-Piovego necropolis. [PDF]
Sci RepCapasso G +11 more
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CRISP: Cremated remains inference of sex probabilities - A software for Bayesian sex estimation in human cremated remains. [PDF]
PLoS OneWaltenberger L +5 more
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Death in the Cathedral: Ashes and Funerary Rites in Football Stadiums
, 2019 An important aspect of funerary rites and modern, Western mortuary practices has been a shift from religious-institutional settings to private and secular ones. Nevertheless, there still exist performative responses, like spreading the ashes of dead fans in sport stadiums, which continue to define death as a social relation situated in a cultural ...
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