Results 41 to 50 of about 138,858 (317)
The archaeology of death: from ‘social personae’ to ‘relational personhood’
Documenta Praehistorica, 2010 In order to understand rituals in the past, archaeology has long relied on theories and concepts developed in other disciplines. This paper presents concepts concerning burial practices and funeral rituals, ancestors, personhood, and individual and ...
Mihael Budja
doaj +1 more source
Initiation by White Snake and the Acquisition of Supernatural Knowledge
Religionsvidenskabeligt Tidsskrift, 2022 : This paper explores narratives about eating the flesh of a dragon or whiteserpent. It is argued that these narratives can be interpreted as examples of initiation.
Tommy Kuusela
doaj +1 more source
Efik traditional marriage rites- A gender perspective [PDF]
, 2016 This paper investigated Efik marriage rites from a gender perspective. Marriage in Africa is a union between a man and a woman (monogamy) or mainly between a man and women (polygyny), or between a woman and men (polyandry), though this is very rare.
Ubong Ekpenyong, E. Y. O.
core
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT For adults with intellectual disability and their families, future planning and moving out of the family home in Australia will increasingly occur within the context of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). As a market‐based, individualised funding system its impact on this transition remains largely unknown. This paper reports on a
I. Belperio +5 more
wiley +1 more source
Особливості концептуалізації rites of passage в англомовній картині світу народів східної африки [PDF]
, 2010 Статтю присвячено дослідженню особливостей концептуалізації RITES OF PASSAGE в англомовній картині світу народів Східної Африки та особливостей вербалізації концептів, які складають концептуальну систему RITES OF PASSAGE в англомовному просторі ...
Моісеєнко, О. Ю.
core
The Hybridity in the Rites of Passage among the Ewe Ethnic Society in the Kumasi Metropolis
Journal of Culture, Society and Development, 2020 This study investigated the rites of passage of the Ewe ethnic society in the Kumasi Metropolis. It discusses the influence of the Asante host culture’s rites of passage on the Ewe ethnic society’s culture resulting in the hybridity of culture as a ...
Hannah Serwah Bonsu +2 more
semanticscholar +1 more source
Archaeology in Oceania, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In October 2022 an extensive archaeological landscape was identified by staff of the Vanuatu Cultural Centre at Pangpang on the east coast of Efate Island in central Vanuatu. It included midden deposits on the banks of the Pangpang River near the sea at Forari Bay where Lapita and Early Erueti‐style pottery sherds were recovered.
Stuart Bedford +9 more
wiley +1 more source
Book Review: The Rites of Passage Time after Time
Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics, 2017 Book review of Riturile de trecere în actualitate – The Rites of Passage Time after Time, edited by Adina Hulubaş and Ioana Repciuc (Iaşi: Editura Universităţii „Alexandru Ioan Cuza“, 2016. 394 p.).
Alexandru-Laurenţiu Cohal
doaj +1 more source
Archaeological Prospection, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study presents a strong framework for the detection and classification of Submerged Cultural Heritage Assets (SCHA) in shallow marine environments using the integration of multibeam echosounder and airborne LiDAR bathymetry with object‐based image analysis and fuzzy logic–based classification.
Łukasz Janowski +4 more
wiley +1 more source