Burial

Instead of practicing modern day burials, people should consider using green burial services, otherwise known as a conservation cemetery. A green burial is “where human remains are interred naturally, part of a growing trend away from traditional burials in favor of eco-friendly gravesites”. In recent decades the world has seen a rise in pollution and one way to decrease the human imprint is to stop the use of embalming fluid. It needs immediate attention because of the effect that it has on the

When dealing with burial sites some information is needed before any excavation can take place, whether it is a mass or single grave site. Some of the basic information needed would be the number of victims or the year of burial. This information will help plan for the number of workers, resources, and equipment needed for the excavation to take place. When locating a suspected grave site, the main source is a witness, it is important to get information from more than one witness because a witness

Although many people might expect that burial urns have been used for a lot longer than they have, the actual ritual and mentality behind these kinds of urns is very much different to what you may have expected in the first place. Having looked into this considerably over the years, we understand the importance of knowing the culture and style behind the products we sell – and this includes the history of burial urns. Burial urns have a long and proud history, and have been used in various forms

Burials are one of the most used archaeological sites for scholars to gain insight and information on all civilizations, and in this case Greek civilizations. In his book Ethnic Identity, Stuart Hall makes a strong argument illustrating that “social structures may be articulated and projected through funerary ritual” and this may be undeniable (). Greek burial customs depict a parallel with society and their standards of living throughout time; focusing on the Bronze Age and into the Classical Period

think the American way of death is the same for everyone but that’s far from the truth. There are many ways to create a meaningful send-off after one’s death. This include traditional burials, cremation and a growing practice, green burials. For the past 150 years, American funerals have consisted of traditional burial practices which include interment of the entire body with the use of embalming in impenetrable wood or metal caskets with concrete vaults and liners (Harris, p.13). It involves the pumping

What Neanderthal religion/burials were like at the time Neanderthal burials that have been excavated and researched in the past have produced convincing evidence suggesting that they exhibited similar characteristics to humans when it comes to religiosity. Nikki Basset explains in her article about burial rituals that “Gargett recognized that often Neanderthals were believed to have buried their dead and performed rituals that suggest an emotional capacity equal to our own.” (basset) The common theme

The growing concern of the eco footprint left by humanity has made people reconsider the methods of final disposition. The flourishing green burial movement seeks to change modern funeral conventions, reducing the resource use and pollution associated with funerals and, in many cases, using burial as a tool for conserving or restoring the land where burials occur. There are many options available to one who seeks a green alternative. Cremation has become very popular in the last few decades. People

There are many burial sites which are associated with the Vikings all over Europe and that of their spheres of influence, the burial practices of the Vikings were varied meaning that they didn’t bury in one universal style but in many other ways, the most famous of those were digging graves in the ground, to their famous tumuli, and sometimes it included ship burials. According to these written sources, most of their funerals usually occurred at sea. Their funerals contained two ways it was either

mourning process can last from one day to one year. It's crazy to see how different are perspective of things are. I picked South Africa, Iran, and Mongolia to investigate in depth about their death and burial rituals and their beliefs about death. South Africa has been practicing their death and burial rituals for over hundreds of years. Their beliefs are an infusion between Christianity and Islam. They believe in a live after death also known as reincarnation and in the role of a deceased ancestor

Green Burial: Fixing America’s Funerary Landscape Breathtaking landscapes, beautiful moss-covered headstones, and a scenic way to spend the day around the dead — this describes London’s Highgate Cemetery. However, Highgate and the other iconic Magnificent Seven graveyards arose out of Victorian London’s desperate need for more burial space to fit an overpopulated necropolis. Now, in modern America, we’re facing a similar issue, except instead of mass plague pits, we have wasteful lawn cemeteries