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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Los vecinos de Nasca: entierros de la tradición Huarato del valle de Acarí, Perú
Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Études Andines, 2006 In this paper I report results of the recent archaeological research carried out at three Early Intermediate Period sites in the Acari Valley, on the south coast of Peru.
Lidio M. Valdez
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Learning from the Dead: How Burial Practices in Roman Britain Reflect Changes in Belief and Society
, 2019 This paper begins by examining the burial traditions of the Iron age Britons and Classical Romans to see how these practices reflect their societal values and belief systems. The funerary methods of both the Britons and Romans are then analyzed following
Engel, Samuel F.
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Death, Mourning, and Accommodation in the Missions of Alta California.In Franciscans and American Indians in Pan-Borderlands Perspective: Adaptation, Negotiation,and Resistance [PDF]
, 2018 Spanish missions are seen by many indigenous people and scholars alike as sites of profound loss. Across the Borderlands of North America, the native individuals and families who entered mission establishments faced terrible and often lethal challenges ...
Panich, Lee M.
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Le Nord Mosellan à l ’époque mérovingienne : un nouveau bilan
Revue Archéologique de l’Est, 2019 It has been a long time since the North Mosellan during the Merovingian period has been the object of a global study. An update of the synthesis previously published here is now necessary. The aim is to both take into account the latest research advances,
Alain Simmer
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Funeral Services: The Industry, Its Workforce, and Labor Standards [PDF]
, 2005 CRS_February_2005_Funeral_Services_Industry_Workforce_Labor_Standards.pdf: 7801 downloads, before Oct.
Whittaker, William G.
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Death-scapes in Taipei and Manila: a postmodernnecrography [PDF]
, 2007 This paper analyses changing geographies of disposal in the urban centres of Taipei in Taiwan and Manila in the Philippines, specifically shifts from burial to cremation and the extent to which such shifts reflect changing patterns of residence ...
Tremlett, Paul-Francois
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The manipulation of death: a burial area at the Neolithic Settlement of Avgi, NW Greece
Documenta Praehistorica, 2010 In the Neolithic of Northern Greece the disposal of the deceased is strongly related to the community of the living, and in most cases to the built environment. Burials often occur in close proximity to, or underneath ‘domestic’ structures.
Georgia Stratouli +3 more
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Microarchaeology, Materiality and Social Practice
Current Swedish Archaeology, 2002 In this paper we propose an operative social theory that eliminates the need for a pre-defined regional context or spatio-temporal social entities like social system, culture, society or ethnic group.
Per Cornell, Fredrik Fahlander
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