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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Funerary practices"”.
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Minoan Funerary Practices During the Bronze Age: With a Study on the Introduction of Cremation to Crete
The funerary practices on Crete during the Bronze Age are very diverse in nature. Tomb architecture in the Early Minoan period is characterized by regional variations. In the Middle Minoan and Late Minoan periods the regional variations, present in the Early Minoan period, are not as palpable due …
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Post-mordial : esoteric embodiment
This thesis speculates that common funerary practices do not reflect a wide enough range of contemporary cultural attitudes towards religion, spirituality, and mortality. As human beings increasingly embrace the paradigms of bioinformatics and digital fabrication, this thesis proposes that …
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Danse Macabre: Origins, Evolution, and Execution
… in an afterlife and interpreted death through funerary practices and religious artwork. Such spirituality associated with <em>Danse Macabre</em> is especially influential within the arts, such as visual storytelling. Two series in particular, <em>FaustFall</em> and <em>Cardinal Junction</em>, …
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Heads, shoulders, knees and toes: Exploring bodies, body parts and personhood in late Neolithic Malta through funerary taphonomy
… Malta (c. 3600–2300 cal BC) by reconstructing funerary practices at two collective burial sites: the Xemxija Tombs (Malta) and Xagħra Circle (Gozo). The range and sequence of funerary practices are identified through implementing taphonomic analysis to classify the condition and modification of …
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An investigation into the late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age round barrow monuments in the Wylye Valley, Wiltshire
This thesis examines the significance of funerary practices and monuments dating to the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age in and around the Wylye Valley to the west of Stonehenge. This has been conducted through the re-evaluation of the work of Sir Richard Colt Hoare and the production of a …
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Forgotten Sepulchers: The Uninscribed Tombs in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt
… and a variety of finds ranging from scattered funerary objects and human remains to several nearly intact burials of high officials have been uncovered. This thesis will assemble the context of funerary practices during the period of Egyptian history when the Valley of the Kings was used. The …
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Forgotten Sepulchers: The Uninscribed Tombs in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt
… and a variety of finds ranging from scattered funerary objects and human remains to several nearly intact burials of high officials have been uncovered. This thesis will assemble the context of funerary practices during the period of Egyptian history when the Valley of the Kings was used. The …
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The Bronze Age Funerary Cups of Northern England
… found to be associated with Early Bronze Age funerary practices. Known by the name of incense cups, accessory vessels or miniature cups, their true purpose has been elusive. This study comprises an investigation of cups from Northern England and finds the tradition to be heavily influenced by …
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Moche social boundaries and settlement dynamics at Cerro Castillo (c. AD 600-1000), Nepeña Valley, Peru Volume 1
… centres, monumental temples, irrigation systems, funerary practices and fi nely made artefacts. This work builds on decades of previous research to assess the nature of Moche at Cerro Castillo questioning uni-directional approaches to cultural interaction, social complexity and the secondary role …
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The Social Life of Death: Mortuary Practices in the North-Central Andes, 11th-18th centuries
… the world of the living. Studies of mortuary practices are a fundamental way for scholars to research ancient societies, rituals and belief systems. This thesis examines the transformations in funerary practices in the North-Central Andes from AD 1000 to 1799, a period covering both the Inca …
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A Study in Scarlet: A Bioarchaeological Investigation of the Differential Use of Ochre in Burial Practices at Khok Phanom Di, Central Thailand
… investigates whether ochre use in burial practices reflects group identity and group diversity. Cemeteries present a unified space for collective commemoration; however, the diversity of the individuals and practices within enable an understanding of social organisation, and the interplay …
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Finding balance in unequal relations: the burial of humans and animals in the Viking Age world
… members within them - could be involved in funerary practices. Some people, on the other hand, were not buried with animals at all. Humans, as well, were not simply ‘humans’. Moving away from traditional approaches seeing animals as either food or symbols, the main aim of this work is to …
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"When God Takes Away": Gendered Death Customs in Eighteenth-Century Virginia
Rituals surrounding death were social in addition to being religious. Virginians conveyed the status of the deceased through funerals, burials, gravestones, commemoration, and mourning. But these customs greatly differed according to gender, both in what they consisted of and who was responsible …