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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Burial Grounds"”.
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Sacred Groves in Burial Grounds
… purify their souls and refresh their spirits. In burial grounds, there also are sacred groves which could be a place for praying and commemorating. Since sacred groves are seen as spirits of life, it is necessary to think about the relationship between sacred groves and burial grounds. The thesis …
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Siting the industrial cemetery : new burial grounds and crematory for Braintree, MA
… The rituals and attitudes surrounding death and burial are also changing. Cremation is beginning to precede over burial for economic and practical reasons, and the rituals of death are becoming less personal. This thesis will address these issues through the critique and design of a new extension …
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Peripheral memory : New York's forgotten landscape
Hart Island, New York City's largest public burial ground, reveals an alternate history of the city through the lens of the interment of the abject. Historically, the state has provided for remains not otherwise cared for through what are commonly referred to as "potter's fields" - municipally …
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Laténská pohřebiště v Praze-Ruzyni a v Praze-Jinonicích
… is to enrich the potential of the flat La Tène burial grounds of the Czech region, which form one of the most important concentrations of this phenomenon in Europe in the period of 4th - 3rd century BC. and to acquaint the archaeological community with finding fund according of new finding …
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Hidden Monuments
Jeju Island’s burial culture is embedded in the island’s distinct landscape, where sandam burial mounds are not isolated monuments but quietly coexist with fields, ranches, and forests. These sites are living records of intangible heritage—ancestral beliefs, Beolcho rituals, and vernacular …
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The archaeology of early medieval borderscapes: a case study of south-west Osraige
… These monuments include hillforts, ferta burials, ogham stones, churches, ringforts, and high crosses. The study found little evidence for large-scale defensive infrastructure and concluded that this borderscape was not heavily militarized. Instead, military concerns were probably focused …
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Glorious, Somber Decay: Living with Death in the 21st Century
In today's death industry, many standard burial practices inhibit decomposition and ensure that land used for cemeteries has little ability for adaptation or improved ecological health of the site. Western culture has increasingly disconnected itself from death, often ignoring the inevitable until …