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Journal of Ancient History and Archaeology, 2021 The present article focuses on funerary behaviours on the territory of present-day Switzerland from the end of the protohistoric period to the early Middle Ages.
Tobias Hofstetter
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The social semiotics of funerary rites in Iran
, 2013 Speech acts find occasion in two different contexts: (a) interpersonal, and (b) social. While the aim of speech acts produced in the former context is to create a communicative effect, the speech acts produced in the latter context aim at creating a social effect.
Salmani Nodoushan, Mohammad Ali
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The key image of interpretation of funerary rituals A study of ancient Egyptian iconography
Estudios de Teoría Literaria, 2022 In Pharaonic Egypt, the funerary context constitutes a material structure to ensure the life in the Hereafter not only to the deceased, but to the whole community, since it perpetuates its values and behavior patterns through the ritual practices.
Silvana Lorena Yomaha +1 more
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Enterramientos infantiles en las necrópolis tardoantiguas y medievales de Humanejos (Parla, Madrid) [PDF]
Munibe Antropologia-Arkeologia, 2019 A continuación se presentan los resultados relativos a las tumbas con individuos no-adultos halladas en tres necrópolis del yacimiento de Humanejos (Parla, Madrid): la más antigua datada en época tardoantigua, otra medieval islámica y una tercera ...
Ana Mercedes Herrero Corral +4 more
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Frozen graves of Yakutia, a chronological sequence [PDF]
Вестник археологии, антропологии и этнографии, 2020 Distribution, cultural and chronological attribution of frozen graves of Yakutia between the beginning of 17th and end of 19th century. The funerary rites and the artefacts allow to differentiate four chrono-cultural periods (before 1700 AD, from 1700 to
Duchesne S. +13 more
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Cups that cheered no more. Funerary rites in the urnfields of the northern Netherlands [PDF]
, 2022 For a series of 13 urnfields from the Northern Netherlands, the roles of‘accessory vessels’ in the urnfield funerary rites are studied. We propose that these accessory vessels were most likely used as drinking cups.
de Vries, Karen; id_orcid +3 more
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Man against death: Identity, language, technology
RUDN journal of Sociology, 2023 The article is a review of the book by D. Davies Death, Ritual, and Belief: The Rhetoric of Funerary Rites (Moscow: NLO, 2022. 480 p.). The author notes the growing interest of society in the phenomenon of death and makes an attempt to systematize the ...
M. V. Subbotina
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Antiquités Africaines, 2021 As the practice of cremation spread throughout Africa Proconsularis, several localities developed distinctive mortuary customs. Examining three commonly-recognized stages of ritual interaction at these graves (the cremation, the burial, and post-funerary
Jennifer P. Moore, Lea M. Stirling
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Tressed for Death in Early Anglo-Saxon England
Internet Archaeology, 2016 A study of hair ornament and styling for funerary rites in Early Anglo-Saxon England. Practices varied between cemeteries and across England in terms of the frequency and character of grooming implements' deposition with the cremated dead.
Howard Williams
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Almut Hintze. “Zoroastrian Afterlife Beliefs and Funerary Practices” [PDF]
, 2020 The article presents an overview of the Zoroastrian afterlife beliefs and funerary practices. It starts with a short introduction to Zoroastrian communities, the theological background of Zoroastrian funeral ceremonies, and also the architecture of a ...
Aliyari Babolghani, Salman
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