Cremation, Corpses and Cannibalism: Comparative Cosmologies and Centuries of Cosmic Consumption.:

Death matters and the matters of death are initially, and to a large extent, the decaying flesh of the corpse. Cremation as a ritual practice is the fastest and most optimal way of dissolving the corpse's flesh, either by annihilation or purification, or a combination. Still, cremation was not...

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1. Verfasser: Kaliff, Anders
Weitere Verfasser: Oestigaard, Terje
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: [Place of publication not identified] : Cambridge Scholars Publishing : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017.
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Zusammenfassung:Death matters and the matters of death are initially, and to a large extent, the decaying flesh of the corpse. Cremation as a ritual practice is the fastest and most optimal way of dissolving the corpse's flesh, either by annihilation or purification, or a combination. Still, cremation was not the final rite, and the archaeological record testifies that the dead represented a means to other ends - the flesh, and not the least the bones - have been incorporated in a wide range of other ritual contexts. While human sacrifices and cannibalism as ritual phenomena are much discussed in anthropology.
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ISBN:9781443891806
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