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The book then proceeds to offer an overview of such issues as inhumation, cremation, grave goods, the organisation of cemeteries and human sacrifice. [ 1 ] In the second chapter, "From Now to Then: Ethnoarchaeology and Analogy", Parker Pearson explores earlier anthropological and archaeological theoretical approaches to death and burial.
The Cemetery of Untold Stories: A Novel (2024) is a work of magical realism and the seventh novel by Dominican-American writer Julia Alvarez.The book follows Alma, a prolific author who, after retiring from her teaching job and writing career, inherits a plot of land in the Dominican Republic where she decides to create a cemetery for her unfinished manuscripts and notes.
The historic cemeteries of New Orleans are tourist destinations because of their relevance to the cultural history of the city. Genealogy tourists make considerable effort to search out cemeteries and their records, to verify grave records and ancestral burial locations.
Carmichael was known variously in history as Blowers, Louthern, Louthain and Walnut Pike Cemetery. Some of the oldest burials date to the early 1830s, including Charlotte and Malinda Blowers.
Cemeteries as public spaces: 'A new, old thing' Sarah Chavez is executive director for The Order of the Good Death, a nonprofit founded by Caitlin Doughty, a mortician and writer who's advocated ...
A natural cemetery, eco-cemetery, green cemetery or conservation cemetery, is a new style of cemetery as an area set aside for natural burials (with or without coffins). Natural burials are motivated by a desire to be environmentally conscious with the body rapidly decomposing and becoming part of the natural environment without incurring the ...
Amid the Potomac's waves to freedom and an abundance of monuments and museums lies another piece of history in the nation's capitol. "This vault dates back prior to 1850 and was part of the ...
A rural cemetery or garden cemetery is a style of cemetery that became popular in the United States and Europe in the mid-19th century due to the overcrowding and health concerns of urban cemeteries, which tended to be churchyards. Rural cemeteries were typically built 1–5 mi (1.6–8.0 km) outside of the city, far enough to be separated from ...