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Untersuchungen zur Totenpflege (kispum) im alten Mesopotamien
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ISBN: 3788712007 3766693948 9783766693945 Year: 1985 Volume: Bd. 216 Publisher: Kevelaer : Neukirchen : Butzon & Bercker, Neukirchener Verlag,


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Am Rande des Grabs : Todeskonzepte und Bestattungsritual in der frühmittelalterlichen alamannia
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ISBN: 9088902968 9789088902963 9789088902956 Year: 2015 Publisher: Leiden, [Netherlands] : Sidestone Press,

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The original circumstances in which archaeological remains came into being are crucial for the interpretation of the material record. Burials are first and foremost a result of a very traumatic event in a society - the death of one of its members. It is due to this context that burials represent a primary source for understanding past societies' attitudes towards death.Barbara Hausmair traces death concepts and their influence on mortuary rituals in early medieval communities in what is today known as southwest Germany. Using the cemeteries of Bad Mingolsheim, Horb-Altheim and Weingarten as ca

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