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The social archaeology of funerary remains.
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ISBN: 1842173650 9781842173657 Year: 2009 Publisher: Oxford Oxbow


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The material culture of death in medieval Japan
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ISBN: 9780824832612 0824832612 Year: 2009 Publisher: Honolulu University of Hawai'i Press

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This study is the first in the English language to explore the ways medieval Japanese sought to overcome their sense of powerlessness over death. By attending to both religious practice and ritual objects used in funerals in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, it seeks to provide a new understanding of the relationship between the two. Karen Gerhart looks at how these special objects and rituals functioned by analyzing case studies culled from written records, diaries, and illustrated handscrolls, and by examining surviving funerary structures and painted and sculpted images.--from publisher description.


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The study of dying : from autonomy to transformation.
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ISBN: 9780521517676 9780521739054 Year: 2009 Publisher: Cambridge Cambridge University Press

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"What is it really like to die? Though our understanding about the biology of dying is complex and incomplete, greater complexity and diversity can be found in the study of what human beings encounter socially, psychologically and spiritually during the experience. Contributors from disciplines as diverse as social and behavioural studies, medicine, demography, history, philosophy, art, literature, popular culture and religion examine the process of dying through the lens of both animal and human studies. Despite common fears to the contrary, dying is not simply an awful journey of illness and decline; cultural influences, social circumstances, personal choice and the search for meaning are all crucial in shaping personal experiences. This intriguing volume will be of interest to clinicians, professionals, academics and students of death, dying and end-of-life care, and anyone curious about the human confrontation with mortality"--p. [4] of cover.


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Le coeur du roi : les Capétiens et les sépultures multiples, XIIIe-XVe siècles
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ISBN: 9782847344677 2847344675 9791021008205 Year: 2009 Publisher: Paris : Tallandier,


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Die Gräber der frühen bis mittleren Bronzezeit in Westfalen : eine Analyse der Bestattungssitten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Grabbaus und ihre Einbettung in die angrenzenden Gebiete.
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ISBN: 9783805339698 Year: 2009 Publisher: Mainz am Rhein von Zabern


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Anglo-Saxon deviant burial customs
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ISBN: 9780199544554 Year: 2009 Publisher: Oxford [etc.] Oxford University Press


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The development of royal funerary cult at Abydos : two funerary enclosures from the reign of Aha
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ISBN: 9783447058384 3447058382 Year: 2009 Volume: 6 Publisher: Wiesbaden : Otto Harrassowitz,

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Two of the most characteristic aspects of ancient Egyptian culture – kingship and a great attention to death – were present from a very early age. The first kings to rule all of Egypt came to power in approximately 3000 B.C., and the same kings were the first to have monumental tombs and funerary temples built. These early royal mortuary temples in particular are quite enigmatic, but the recent discovery of two previously unknown monuments at the site of Abydos is shedding new light on their development and use. Most surprisingly these temples are from the same reign, suggesting that members of the royal family in addition to the king might have received funerary cult in the early First Dynasty. This study documents the excavation of these two temples, their provision for the dedication of offerings, and the sacrificial burials that surrounded them. It sets these monuments within the framework of the rise of Egyptian kingship and cult, examining both continuities and innovations in royal mortuary practice during this formative period of Egyptian civilization.


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Mortuary customs in prehistoric Malta : excavations at the Brochtorff Circle at Xagħra (1987 - 94).


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Entre le sacré et le profane : chefs-d'oeuvre du XVIIe siècle dans les collections de banques italiennes : [exposition : Luxembourg, Musée national d'histoire et d'art, 3 février-17 mai 2009] = Tra sacro e profano : capolavori del XVII secolo nelle raccolte delle banche italiane
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ISBN: 9782879850658 2879850657 Year: 2009 Volume: 13 Publisher: Milan Luxembourg Silvana Musée national d'histoire et d'art

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banks [financial institutions] --- Painting --- Art --- anno 1600-1699 --- Italy --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Funeral rites and ceremonies --- Burial --- Treveri --- Fouilles (Archéologie) --- Funérailles --- Sépulture --- Trévires (Gaulois) --- Rites et cérémonies --- Luxembourg --- Antiquities, Celtic --- Antiquities, Roman. --- Antiquités celtiques --- Antiquités romaines --- Gaul --- Goeblange (Luxembourg) --- Nospelt (Luxembourg) --- Antiquities, Roman --- Fouilles (Archéologie) --- Funérailles --- Sépulture --- Trévires (Gaulois) --- Rites et cérémonies --- Antiquités celtiques --- Antiquités romaines --- Treviri --- Ethnology --- Funerals --- Mortuary ceremonies --- Obsequies --- Manners and customs --- Rites and ceremonies --- Cremation --- Dead --- Mourning customs --- Archaeological digs --- Archaeological excavations --- Digs (Archaeology) --- Excavation sites (Archaeology) --- Ruins --- Sites, Excavation (Archaeology) --- Archaeology --- Burial customs --- Burying-grounds --- Graves --- Interment --- Public health --- Coffins --- Grave digging --- Luxemburg --- Letzeburg --- Grand-Duché de Luxembourg --- Li︠u︡ksemburg --- Grand Duchy of Luxembourg --- Lussemburgo --- Wielkie Księstwo Luksemburga --- Groussherzogtum Lëtzebuerg --- Lëtzebuerg --- Grossherzogtum Luxemburg --- Luksèmburg --- Groothertogdom Luxemburg --- لوكسمبورغ --- Lūksumbūrigh --- Luxemburgo --- Gran Ducato de Luxemburgo --- Luxembôrg --- Grant-Duchâ de Luxembôrg --- Luxemburgu --- Gran Ducáu de Luxemburgu --- Lüksemburq --- Люксембург --- Li︠u︡ksemburh --- Luhemburgo --- Veliko vojvodstvo Luksemburg --- Gran Ducat de Luxemburg --- Lucembursko --- Velkovévodství lucemburské --- Lussemburgu --- Granducatu di Lussemburgu --- Lwcsembwrg --- Archddugiaeth Lwcsembwrg --- Storhertugdømmet Luxembourg --- Luksemburgi Suurhertsogiriik --- Látsębooʼ --- Λουξεμβούργο --- Louxemvourgo --- Μέγα Δουκάτο του Λουξεμβούργου --- Mega Doukato tou Louxemvourgou --- Lussembûrgh --- Granduchê ed Lussembûrgh --- Gran Ducado de Luxemburgo --- Luksemburgo --- Grandduklando Luksemburgo --- Lussembulgu --- Luxenburgo --- Luxenburgoko Dukerri Handia --- Lúksemboarch --- Gruthartochdom Lúksemboarch --- Lussemburc --- Lucsamburg --- Ard-Diúcacht Lucsamburg --- Lucsemburg --- Ard-Diucaght Lucsemburg --- Lucsambourg --- Lù-sêm-pó --- 룩셈부르크 --- Luksemburŭkʻŭ --- Lukemapuka --- Luxemburgia --- Keharyapatihan Luksemburg --- Stórhertogadæmið Lúxemborg --- Granducato di Lussemburgo --- לוקסמבורג --- הדוכסות הגדולה של לוקסמבורג --- Dukasut ha-gedolah shel Luḳsemburg --- ルクセンブルク --- Rukusenburuku --- ルクセンブルグ --- Rukusenburugu --- Gallia --- Gaule --- Antiquities, Celtic. --- banks [buildings] --- Cryomation --- Excavations (Archaeology) - Luxembourg - Goeblange --- Excavations (Archaeology) - Luxembourg - Nospelt --- Funeral rites and ceremonies - Luxembourg - Goeblange --- Funeral rites and ceremonies - Luxembourg - Nospelt --- Burial - Luxembourg - Goeblange --- Burial - Luxembourg - Nospelt --- Treveri - Luxembourg --- Luxembourg - Antiquities, Celtic --- Luxembourg - Antiquities, Roman --- Gaul - Antiquities, Celtic --- Gaul - Antiquities, Roman --- collecting, Italy

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