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PLoS ONE, 2023 We possess rather little detailed information on the lives of the first inhabitants of Puerto Rico-the so-called "Archaic" or "Pre-Arawak" people-despite more than a century of archeological research.
William J Pestle +2 more
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Documenta Praehistorica, 2010 On the basis of the characteristics of Neolithic and Early Eneolithic mortuary practices in the area of North Carpathian Basin it can be argued that the existence of graveyards is an isolated phenomenon.
Alena Bistáková, Noémi Pažinová
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Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, 2018 The first detailed investigation of the human remains from the Carrowkeel passage tomb complex since their excavation in 1911 has revealed several new and important insights about life, death, and mortuary practice in Neolithic Ireland.
T. Kador +5 more
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Sister Death and the Care of All Creation: A Franciscan Argument for Green Burial
Religions, 2022 Since Jessica Mitford’s 1963 scathing critique of the mortuary business in the United States, there has been an ongoing debate about how best to honor and dispose of the dead in ways that do not exploit people. However, the backlash to predatory mortuary
Darleen Pryds
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Funerary Program of the Tupinambá in Araruama, RJ - Bananeiras Site.
Revista do Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia, 2003 In this article, we aim to present significant information about the mortuary structure found in the “Bananeiras” archaeological site (Araruama, RJ) related to theTupinamba settlement.
Angela Buarque +2 more
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Nature Communications, 2023 The Iron Age of highland Pang Mapha, northwestern Thailand, is characterised by a mortuary practice known as Log Coffin culture. Dating between 2300 and 1000 years ago, large coffins carved from individual teak trees have been discovered in over 40 caves
Selina Carlhoff +7 more
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Documenta Praehistorica, 2010 This article presents the first synthesis of the evidence for a diverse range of mortuary practices across the British Isles, and an interpretation of what they suggest about understandings of the body, relatedness, personhood and ancestry in Early ...
Chris Fowler
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Cultivating Corpses: A Comparative Approach to Disembodied Mortuary Remains
Current Swedish Archaeology, 2004 Disembodied remains of corpses are often found in the archaeological record but seldom interpreted and understood. This mortuary practice challenges our traditional understanding of funerals and what constitutcs a "grave". Through a comparative analysis
Anders Kaliff, Terje Oestigaard
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Documenta Praehistorica, 2010 This paper discusses how archaeologists can approach ways in which the ritual treatment of the dead body was a means of reproducing a sense of identity and community in the past. The approach combines a theoretical framework grounded in practice and body
Liv Nilsson Stutz
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A Study of Living Megalithic Tradition Among the Gond Tribes, District – Nuaparha, Odisha
Ancient Asia, 2015 The present paper deals with the existence and continuation of living megalith tradition among the Gond tribe in Nuaparha district of Odisha. The mortuary practice of different tribal community have given many ethnographical data, which is used as a ...
S Mendaly
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