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Category : Cemeteries
Languages : en
Pages : 30
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Index of Tombstones, Stavanger Cemetery
Author: Tombstone Index, Sunrise Memorial Cemetery, Jewish Section, Vallejo, California
Author: Julian H. PreislerPublisher:
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Category : Cemeteries
Languages : en
Pages : 10
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Master Index for Tombstones in All Madison County, Arkansas, Cemeteries
Author: Madison County Genealogical & Historical Society (Ark.)Publisher:
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Category : Cemeteries
Languages : en
Pages : 425
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"This is an index of names appearing on tombstones in every Madison County cemetery, as well as a few cemeteries just across county lines in adjoining counties"--P. [i].
Our Jerusalem
Author: Bertha Spafford VesterPublisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 144749539X
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
OUR Jerusalem- an American Family in the Holy City, 1881-1949 by Bertha Spafford Vester. Introduction by LOWELL THOMAS. Many of the earliest books, dated from the 1900s and before, are extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, modern editions using the original text and artwork.
General Index to the Archaeologia Aeliana (vols. I-IV. 4to; and I-XVI. 8vo.) and to the Proceedings (vol. I. (o.s.); and I-V.) of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Author: Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon TynePublisher:
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Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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Death and Changing Rituals
Author: J. Rasmus BrandtPublisher: Oxbow Books
ISBN: 1782976396
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 481
Book Description
The forms by which a deceased person may be brought to rest are as many as there are causes of death. In most societies the disposal of the corpse is accompanied by some form of celebration or ritual which may range from a simple act of deportment in solitude to the engagement of large masses of people in laborious and creative festivities. In a funerary context the term ritual may be taken to represent a process that incorporates all the actions performed and thoughts expressed in connection with a dying and dead person, from the preparatory pre-death stages to the final deposition of the corpse and the post-mortem stages of grief and commemoration. The contributions presented here are focused not on the examination of different funerary practices, their function and meaning, but on the changes of such rituals _ how and when they occurred and how they may be explained. Based on case studies from a range of geographical regions and from different prehistoric and historical periods, a range of key themes are examined concerning belief and ritual, body and deposition, place, performance and commemoration, exploring a complex web of practices.
The Indigenous Identity of the South Saami
Author: Håkon HermanstrandPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3030050297
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
This open access book is a novel contribution in two ways: It is a multi-disciplinary examination of the indigenous South Saami people in Fennoscandia, a social and cultural group that often is overlooked as it is a minority within the Saami minority. Based on both historical material such as archaeological evidence, 20th century newspapers, and postcard motives as well as current sources such as ongoing land-right trials and recent works of historiography, the articles highlight the culture and living conditions of this indigenous group, mapping the negotiations of different identities through the interaction of Saami and non-Saami people through the ages. By illuminating this under-researched field, the volume also enriches the more general debate on global indigenous history, and sheds light on the construction of a Scandinavian identity and the limits of the welfare state and the myth of heterogeneity and equality.
The Materiality of Death
Author: European Association of Archaeologists. MeetingPublisher: BAR International Series
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Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
16 papers presented from an EAA session held at Krakow in 2006, exploring various aspects of the archaeology of death.
The Early Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries of East Yorkshire
Author: Sam LucyPublisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
A study of mortuary practices in East Yorkshire from the fifth to the late seventh century BC. The author uses all the available evidence, from well-recorded modern excavations to briefly recorded nineteenth century finds. He believes that exploring the variation in burial rites can tell us more about this society than ' trying to reduce the rite to a single homogeneous entity ...until the advent of Christianity brings a new rite '. The book includes a useful chapter on ' The Anglo-Saxon Myth and the Development of Anglo-Saxon Archaeology '.
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