Cremation, Corpses and Cannibalism: Comparative Cosmologies and Centuries of Cosmic Consumption.
Kaliff, Anders.
Cremation, Corpses and Cannibalism: Comparative Cosmologies and Centuries of Cosmic Consumption. - 1 online resource
Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Chapter Seven; Chapter Eight; Chapter Nine; Authors; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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.
9781443891806 (electronic bk.) 1443891800 (electronic bk.)
Cremation--History.
Cannibalism--History.
Funeral rites and ceremonies--History.
Crémation--Histoire.
Cannibalisme--Histoire.
Funérailles--Rites et cérémonies--Histoire.
HISTORY--Ancient--General.
Cannibalism.
Cremation.
Funeral rites and ceremonies.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
GT3170 / .K35 2017
936.8
Cremation, Corpses and Cannibalism: Comparative Cosmologies and Centuries of Cosmic Consumption. - 1 online resource
Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Chapter Seven; Chapter Eight; Chapter Nine; Authors; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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.
9781443891806 (electronic bk.) 1443891800 (electronic bk.)
Cremation--History.
Cannibalism--History.
Funeral rites and ceremonies--History.
Crémation--Histoire.
Cannibalisme--Histoire.
Funérailles--Rites et cérémonies--Histoire.
HISTORY--Ancient--General.
Cannibalism.
Cremation.
Funeral rites and ceremonies.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
GT3170 / .K35 2017
936.8