The Burial of the Dead

First published in 1920, The Burial of the Dead is an anthropological and a philosophical quest to understand when and how the custom of burial came about within primitive society.

List of contents

Preface Introduction 1. The Cave of Aurignac 2. The journey of the Dead 3. Funeral Offerings 4. Orientation of Graves 5. The Land of the Dead 6. Lost Atlantis 7. Underground Regions of the Dead 8. Dwellings and Graves 9. The Breton Lake of the Dead 10. Change and Forgetting 11. The Life of the Dead 12. Funeral Offerings 13. Ghosts 14. Ancestor Worship 15. Concurrent Methods of Burial 16. Tree Burial 17. Mourning 18. Relics of Voluntary Outlawry 19. Prison 20. Conclusion

Summary

First published in 1920, The Burial of the Dead is an anthropological and a philosophical quest to understand when and how the custom of burial came about within primitive society.

Product details

• Authors: W. H. F. Basevi
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2024
• EAN: 9781032349541
• ISBN: 978-1-032-34954-1
• No. of pages: 220
• Weight: 231 g
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Death & Dying, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Customs & Traditions, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General