burial custom

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burial
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈber.i.əl/us
/ˈber.i.əl/
the act of putting a dead body into the ground, or the ceremony connected ...
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custom
noun
uk
/ˈkʌs.təm/us
/ˈkʌs.təm/
a way of behaving or a belief that has been established for a ...
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Xinglongwa also featured an unusualburialcustom, as some bodies were buried directly under the houses.
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The change inburialcustomwas most probably influenced by developments further east.
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One way to do this was to analyse burial customs.
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In my opinion, the existence and the importance of a dowry system can hardly be inferred from the burial customs of the period in question.
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Even if the grave goods in question were indeed dowries, the burial customs show no evidence of the extreme importance of a dowry system for the social position of groups.
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This is similar to other written and archaeological sources on burial customs, which thus substantiate each other.
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This facilitates the study of burial customs, including body position, the quantity of grave goods and their relation to the deceased.
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Burial customs from this time seemed to be influenced by a belief in the afterlife.
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Early burial customs show a strong belief in an afterlife and a spirit path to it that needed facilitating.
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Prospectors settled in foreign countries and introduced agriculture, burial customs, and their religion as well.
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There are also numerous finds from cemeteries, and their role in burial customs is described.
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It illustrates the vernacular burial customs of the period.
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Burial customs are the primary explanation and solution of the problems faced by ghosts.
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In the mid- to late 5th century, burial customs appear to change, with the introduction of larger row-grave fields.
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The burial customs of the comb pottery people included additions of figures of animals, birds, snakes and men carved from bone and amber.
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The third is related to burial customs which includes grave markers, clay sarcophagi, ash-containers, burial offerings and reconstructions of burials.
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Regarding burial customs, it was considered the beginning of the burial of the dead.
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Burial customs appear to have been unchanged between the two periods.
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Differences in pottery manufacture and burial customs found by archaeologists suggest the two groups had been isolated from each other for quit some time.
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Similar burial customs have been found through the centuries.
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