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Showing 1 to 20 of 153 for “"Mortuary"”.
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Post-mortem organ weights at a South African mortuary
… autopsy reports from the Salt River medico-legal mortuary in Cape Town, South Africa between 2013 and 2016. Disproportionate randomized stratified sampling was used to obtain sufficient cases from males and females; White, Coloured, and African racial groups; and decedents both older and younger …
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Non-elite mortuary variability in the Early Dynastic Memphis region
… cornerstone highlighting some pitfalls of mortuary analyses rooted in Processual theoretical frameworks. As a result, a nuanced funerary culture with a significant degree of mortuary variability was revealed at each of the sites investigated. Non-elite funerary provision at Memphis was …
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Animals, Identity and Cosmology: Mortuary Practice in Early Medieval Eastern England
… medieval society, and their contribution to mortuary practices is considered to be multifaceted, reflecting their multiple roles in everyday life. This project considers the roles of animals in mortuary practice between the 5th-7th centuries across five counties in eastern England – Norfolk, …
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A Spatial Analysis of Chachapoya Mortuary Practices at La Petaca, Chachapoyas, Peru
Diversity of Chachapoya mortuary practices is not well understood archaeologically, even though the region has received some attention for the monumental constructions and visually striking mortuary complexes located high on open cliff faces. This may be due to the difficult accessibility and often …
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A paleopathological and mortuary analysis of three Precontact burials from southern Saskatchewan
… sites provide some data on paleopathology and mortuary practices and contribute to this data set in order to try to create a more complete picture of health and mortuary practices during Precontact times in southern Saskatchewan. The Stoney Beach site appears to be the oldest interment found in …
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The Archaeology of Mortuary Ritual as Rite of Passage in Prehistoric Europe
This thesis examines the ways in which mortuary ritual functioned as a rite of passage at three sites in prehistoric Europe: Wor Barrow on Cranborne Chase, Tumulus 17 in the Speckhau Mound Group at the Heuneburg, and the Hochdorf tomb in southwestern Germany. The sites were selected with diversity …
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Identifying the dead : eighteenth century mortuary practices at Cobern Street, Cape Town
A unique opportunity to study historic burial practices in Cape Town arose in 1994 when construction activities at Cobern Street, Green Point revealed an eighteenth century burial ground. Subsequent salvage excavations unearthed approximately 65 burials and scattered skeletal material (both …
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Shady Grove Site (22QU525) Quitman County, Mississippi: Analysis of Demographics and Mortuary Practices
… and power, and can be revealed through the local mortuary programs. This thesis explores the mortuary practices observed at an ossuary at Shady Grove (22QU525), a small mounded center in Quitman County dating to the Early Mississippian Period, based on demographics, burial mode, cemetery location, …
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Retrospective review of gunshot injuries at Salt River mortuary, Cape Town, Western Cape
… in forensic cases admitted to Salt River Mortuary in Cape Town, South Africa. A retrospective crosssectional study of fatal FRIs from Salt River Mortuary was conducted for the period 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2017. Autopsy case files were screened for fatalities associated with …
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A review of human identification methods used at Salt River Mortuary, South Africa
… how identification procedures at Salt River Mortuary (SRM) are performed and compared the timeline of identification procedures with South African legislative guidance. During 1 January 2020 - 31 December 2020, 3072 individuals had a suspected identity and 410 had an unknown identity upon …
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Radiometric evaluation of the prehistoric mortuary practices of the Chinchorro culture in northern Chile
… that did not recognize individual social rank in mortuary practices. To test these hypotheses 16 samples from 15 Chinchorro mummies of the Arica, Chile area were 14C dated. These figures were then compared to 23 previously published dates. Results demonstrated that the classification scheme …
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Interpreting conflict mortuary behaviour: applying non-linear and traditional quantitative methods to conflict burials
The research in this dissertation concerns methods and theories involved in the analysis and interpretation of burials related to wars and other conflict situations. Its core is a conflict interment model that I developed to facilitate the identification of material differences in burials that will …
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The Social Life of Death: Mortuary Practices in the North-Central Andes, 11th-18th centuries
… reflects 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 …
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What makes war? Assessing Iron Age warfare through mortuary behaviour and osteological patterns of violence.
… When the remains are placed in context with the mortuary treatment, it is evident that violence and ritual were inextricably linked. In East Yorkshire, combat may have been ritualized through duelling and competition performance. In Hampshire, individuals with perimortem injures are often found …
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Foreign Objects in Local Contexts: Mortuary Objectscapes in Late Colonial Nubia (16th–11th Centuries BC)
From the 16th to 11th Century BC (in this thesis referred to as the Late Colonial Period), the ancient Egyptians colonised Nubia—the geographical area which today comprises Egypt south of Aswan and the north of Sudan as far as the 5th Nile cataract. In the Late Colonial Period, the material culture …
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Constructing community and cosmos : a bioarchaeological analysis of Wisconsin Effigy Mound mortuary practices and mound construction
… ANALYSIS OF WISCONSIN EFFIGY MOUND MORTUARY PRACTICES AND MOUND CONSTRUCTIONByWendy Lee Lackey-CornelisonThis dissertation presents an analysis of the mounds, human skeletal remains, grave goods, and ritual paraphernalia interred within mounds traditionally categorized as belonging …
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