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Mortuary Practice

Known as: Mortuary Practices, Practice, Mortuary, Practices, Mortuary 
Activities associated with the disposition of the dead. It excludes cultural practices such as funeral rites.
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2011
2011
Cultural identity in the ancient Mediterranean
Ways of becoming Arcadian : Arcadian foundation myths in the Mediterranean / Tanja S. Scheer -- Pictorial foundation myths in… 
2011
2011
Un cráneo del norte de Patagonia con modificaciones post mórtem. Aproximación mediante técnicas no invasivas
A SKULL FROM NORTHERN PATAGONIA WITH POSTMORTEM MODIFICATIONS: AN APPROACH USING NON-INVASIVE TECHNIQUES. A sullith evidence of a… 
2011
2011
Un)Usual Neolithic and Early Eneolithic mortuary practices in the area of the North Carpathian Basin
On the basis of the characteristics of Neolithic and Early Eneolithic mortuary practices in the area of North Carpathian Basin it… 
2010
2010
Theoretical and Quantitative Approaches to the Study of Mortuary Practice
2010
2010
A Fisk patent metallic burial case from Western Missouri: an interdisciplinary and comprehensive effort to reconstruct the history of an early settler of Lexington, Missouri
In 2006 a cast-iron coffin was discovered in an unmarked burial plot in Lexington, Missouri. A multifaceted investigation was… 
2004
2004
Neolithic Mortuary Practices in Greece
Evidence for Neolithic graves and cemeteries in Greece is scant and not without its problems, although this study shows that the… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
Aurignacian children and mortuary practice in western Europe
This paper investigates the evidence for funerary practice during the Aurignacian in western Europe by a focus on well documented… 
Review
1991
Review
1991
The human spongiform encephalopathies: kuru, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, and the Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome.
Kuru and the transmissible virus dementias Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) and Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker syndrome (GSS… 
1986
1986
Hunter-Gatherer Mortuary Variability: Toward an Explanatory Model
I nformati on on mortuary pra ct i c es and mortuary rema ins i s here u sed to study hunt er -gatherer organ i zat i ona l var… 
1978
1978
Changes in Navajo mortuary practices and beliefs.
There is an accelerating trend for change from traditional burial practices to full Christian funerals on the Navajo Reservation… 
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