TY - BOOK ID - 3457163 TI - Death and dying in the neolithic Near East PY - 2012 SN - 9780199693955 0199693951 9786613807793 0191804843 128213521X 0191626341 9780191626340 PB - Oxford : Oxford University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient KW - Neolithic period KW - Thanatology. KW - Death. KW - Funérailles KW - Néolithique KW - Thanatologie KW - Mort KW - Rites et cérémonies KW - Histoire KW - Funérailles KW - Néolithique KW - Rites et cérémonies KW - Middle East KW - Antiquities. KW - Death KW - Death studies KW - Ancient funeral rites and ceremonies KW - Dying KW - End of life KW - Life KW - Terminal care KW - Terminally ill KW - Thanatology KW - Study and teaching KW - Philosophy UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:3457163 AB - The Neolithic of the Near East is a period of human development which saw fundamental changes in the nature of human society. It is traditionally studied for its development of domestication, agriculture, and growing social complexity. In this book Karina Croucher takes a new approach, focusing on the human body and investigating mortuary practices - the treatment and burial of the dead - to discover what these can reveal about the people of the Neolithic Near East.The remarkable evidence relating to mortuary practices and ritual behaviour from the Near Eastern Neolithic provides some of the m ER -