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Invisible death rites in the early Neolithic: Results of an archaeothanatological analysis of funerary practices in Linearbandkeramik settlements

open access: yesBulletins et Mémoires de la Société d’Anthropologie de Paris
In the study of funerary practices, grave goods have traditionally been considered the key form of evidence. This is no less true for the early Neolithic of central Europe, where material cultural evidence from graves has dominated discussions on all ...
Iseabail Wilks   +6 more
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Tangihanga: The ultimate form of Māori cultural expression - overview of a research programme [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Death, observed through the process of tangihanga (time set aside to grieve and mourn, rites for the dead) or tangi (to grieve and mourn), is the ultimate form of Māori cultural expression.
Maxwell, Te Kahautu   +7 more
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Current Archaeological Investigations at the Pilgrim\u27s Pride Site (41CP304) In Camp County, Texas [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
The Pilgrim\u27s Pride site (41CP304) is a large (12+ acres) Archaic and Late Caddoan Titus phase site on the crest of a projecting upland landform overlooking, and 18 m above, the Big Cypress Creek floodplain to the east and the Walkers Creek floodplain
Perttula, Timothy K.
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Proceedings of the African Diaspora Conference on Sustainable Development [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
The authors urge the Western donor organizations to facilitate and support the take up of such more sustainable ...
Hyacinth S. Nwana, Joseph H. M. Tah
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New Evidence on Burial Practices in Petreşti Culture

open access: yesMateriale și Cercetări Arheologice, 2013
The aim of the current paper is to present two inhumation graves belonging to Petreşti culture recently discovered within the Petreşti-Groapa Galbenă settlement (Alba County, Transylvania).
Gligor, M., Roșu, M., Șuteu, C.
doaj   +1 more source

The Middle Caddoan Period in East Texas: A Summary of the Findings of the East Texas Caddoan Research Group [PDF]

open access: yes, 1997
The second meeting of the East Texas Caddoan Research Group (ETCRG) met in San Antonio on October 27, 1996, to consider the archaeology of the Middle Caddoan period in East Texas.
Middlebrook, Tom, Perttula, Timothy K.
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Stratifikasi sosial pada masa prasejarah di Bali

open access: yesJurnal Kajian Bali (Journal of Bali Studies), 2017
Mortuary practices might have represented social stra­tification during the prehistoric period in Bali. Disposal treatment of the decease, burial goods, and containers that were utilized for burials may correspond with social identity and social persona ...
I Wayan Ardika   +3 more
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Patterns in the modification of animal and human bones in Iron Age Wessex: revisiting the excarnation debate [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Social practices concerning the treatment of human and animal remains in the Iron Age have long been a focus of debate in archaeological literature. The absence of evidence of a formal burial rite and the regular retrieval of human remains from ‘special’
Madgwick, Richard
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A child, twelve goats, three sheep, a cow, and a horse

open access: yesArcheologické Rozhledy
The discovery of a child burial in Brno-Slatina containing both complete and disarticulated animal remains represents a unique funerary practice with no direct analogies.
František Trampota   +5 more
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