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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Funerary ritual"”.
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Crossroads: An interdisciplinary study of funeral directors in Indiana
… Individualism is so important to us that our funerary ritual, in place for the living, has become a showcase of the deceased’s personality, rather than centering on the needs of the bereaved. An effect of this is that we then struggle to achieve a much needed, visceral connection with our …
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An archaeology of literacy and the church in southern England to AD 750
… clear distinctions between Christian and pagan ritual - in particular funerary ritual - the anthropology of religious phenomena and religious conversion is introduced to support and expand that critique, but also to focus attention on the sophistication of the problem to be addressed. It is …
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Population dynamics in first millennium BCE Italy: mobility and ancestry at Fermo, Marche
… the idea of a relationship between exotic funerary ritual and allochthonous individuals. Furthermore, the work proposes a model of human migration at Fermo. The empirical findings highlighted the presence of long-distance migration testified by a continuous flux of migrants composed of male …
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The Bronze Age funerary cups of southern England
’Pygmy’, ‘incense’, ‘accessory’ or ‘funerary’ cups are small Early Bronze Age vessels, almost all from mortuary contexts, united by their diminutive size. Although several small-scale and regional studies have previously been undertaken, until recently there has been little attempt to consider such …
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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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Manifestaciones rituales e ideología durante la Edad del Bronce en el interior peninsular : la dimensión social de las prácticas funerarias de Cogotas
… ámbitos y costumbres mortuorias. No en vano, los rituales funerarios siempre han estado acompañados de un componente ideológico explícito tendente a reflejar el sistema particular de ideas, creencias y actitudes de una sociedad. Desde esta perspectiva, la importancia de las prácticas funerarias de …