Essays about: "burial rituals"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the words burial rituals.

1. 1. A Place of Passage : Disturbed burials and dispersed human bone remains from the Mid-Neolithic burial ground at Ajvide on Gotland

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

   Author : Anna Sointula; [2023]
   Keywords : Secondary treatment; human bone remains; absent craniums; dispersed bone fragments; ‘skull cult’; burial rituals; CA; Middle Neolithic period; PWC; Gotland.; Sekundär behandling; mänskliga skelettrester; saknade kranier; spridda benfragment; ‘skallkult’; begravningsritual; KA; Mellanneolitikum; GRK; Gotland.;

   Abstract : The Mid-Neolithic site of Ajvide on the Baltic Island of Gotland comprises the burials of 89 individuals within 85 separate burial contexts (Österholm 2008). Some of these individuals were detected with absent skeletal elements, such as the cranium, which have been believed to be represented by the considerable number of dispersed human bone fragments discovered from the site (Burenhult 2002: 33, see also Lundén 2012). READ MORE

3. 2. The Sound of Silence : Experiencing the memory grove as a site of commemoration

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Jonathan Lindfeldt; [2022]
   Keywords : memory grove [in Swedish: minneslund]; post-mortem relations; absence presence; post-mortem rituals;

   Abstract : The memory grove [in Swedish: minneslund] is becoming an increasingly popular custom of burial in Sweden. Unlike traditional Swedish burial customs, the memory grove is a collective and anonymous gravesite, unmooring the obligation and cost of traditional grave maintenance. READ MORE

4. 3. Bundle Burials at Ajvide/Jakobs : A taphonomic interpretation

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Arkeologi

   Author : Johanna Pettersson Svärd; [2021]
   Keywords : Bundle burials; mortuary archeology; archaeothanatology; taphonomy; archaeology; osteology;

   Abstract : The burial type referred to as bundle burials was a rare occurrence during the Neolithic era and little research has been done on the topic. Three graves from the Ajvide/Jakobs site at Eksta parish, Gotland have been identified as this specific type of burial. READ MORE

5. 4. The Self: Towards A Method for Queering Death : An Identity Testament

   University essay from Konstfack/Industridesign

   Author : Lisa Berkert Wallard; [2019]
   Keywords : Speculative; Method; Design; Master Project; Death; Burial; Ceremonies; Sculpture; Scenery; Film; Wax; Moulding; Testament;

   Abstract : “The Self: Towards A Method for Queering death” is an identity testament, a speculative method for designing the space of your own funeral before you die. It is a format to create a fair memorial of a person’s identity that does not feel welcome or fits in the current formats of burial ceremonies we have in Sweden today, usually connected to Christianity or other religious traditions. READ MORE

6. 5. Shifting Memories: Burial Practices and Cultural Interaction in Bronze Age China : A study of the Xiaohe-Gumugou cemeteries in the Tarim Basin

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

   Author : Yunyun Yang; [2019]
   Keywords : Burial practice; mortuary rituals; social identities; ancestral memories; the Xiaohe-Gumugou cemeteries; Bronze Age; the Tarim Basin; Begravningsseder; gravritualer; social identitet; släktminnen; Xiaohe-Gumugou gravfälten; bronsåldern; Tarimbäckenet;

   Abstract : This study focuses on the burial practices in the Bronze Age Xiaohe-Gumugou cemeteries, north-west China, in order to understand how people constructed their social identities and delivered the social cognitions through generations. The Xiaohe-Gumugou cemeteries, as the main sites of the Xiaohe cultural horizon, have central roles for the understanding of the formation of the Bronze Age cultural groups and the cultural interactions between the west and the east in the Tarim Basin. READ MORE