Burial

Introduction Burial has long been considered an important component of death; it is the mourners’ final encounter with the recognizable, substantial body of the deceased. Every culture has to determine how to deal with the physical remains of the dead, to find a way to honour their memory, and to go on living in a society that is now deprived of one of its members. Burial traditions and practices have developed throughout history and around the world to meet this human need. This paper will examine

were the only ones to entomb our dead in a ritualistic way. There is evidence of our distant cousins Homo neanderthalensis, or Neanderthal, exhibit similar burial practices that we do to this day. Neanderthal sites often have artifacts and possible different burial practices which can means that they have the ability to do ritualistic burials. They are one of the links that may play a huge role in understanding our past, and how our concept of death and the treatment of them began. The topic of burying

The African Burial Ground Museum is quite an extraordinary place. Upon entering I was immediately struck by the warm colors and dim lighting. This combined with its relatively small size creates an intimate setting which complimented the somber nature of the subject matter. Naturally the museum is filled with hundreds of intriguing artifacts. However, it was the exhibit entitled "Gathering at Dusk to Lay Loved Ones to Rest" which truly commanded my attention. The exhibit is located

The cemetery I have chosen is known as the Old Burial Ground, which is located in Cambridge, MA. It is situated on the corner of Garden St. and Massachusetts Avenue, and is in the neighborhood we know today as Harvard Square. Cambridge began as a settled community then known as Newtown in 1631 by some of the first puritans. It was an area that early on allowed for people to have a house with some area for harvesting crops. The town consisted of mostly farmers, and artisans until the middle of the

The phone rang early the morning of July 21, 2013. It was a call from my brother-in-law telling me the news of my mother's death. The news came as no surprise. She was diagnosed with terminal cancer in May of 2013, and her death had been expected. I had been trying to prepare myself for this day ever since I had heard the diagnosis. Once I awoke, I packed and started the journey home from State University, where I had been staying with friends while attending a business seminar. I had spent

"Home Burial" Robert Frost’s poem "Home Burial" speaks of the tragedies in a couple's life. The theme of "Home Burial” is centered around the death of a child. During the time period in which this poem took place it seems that men did not show their feelings well. "Home Burial" demonstrates how one tragedy can cause another to occur. The couple in this poem has lost a baby to death. The mother is grieving and it seems she doesn't recover from this loss; parents who lose a child never forget,

Death and burial was a close companion for people in the ancient world, because of their short life expectancy. They developed ceremonies and rituals centred around the dying, the dead and their survivors. The practices adopted by ancient peoples allowed individuals to cope with the mysteries of death and the fear associated with it. When bodies are not mummified their skeletons can help Archaeologists discover information about age, physical fitness and to some extent, diet of the corpse (through

the animal kingdom was closely integrated into their culture, especially when it came to their funerary practices. There is evidence of ritualized animal burial from Predynastic times onward. At the graveyard in Heliopolis dogs and goats were buried in a nearly 1:4 ratio to human beings. Although in few numbers, evidence of animal burial was also found in Maadi and Wadi Digla. In all three cases,

different methods of burial with hopes of finding an option suitable for my interests when I pass in the future. At Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, I took an interest in Amy Cunningham, an advocate for green burials. She had many wonderful experiences and expert opinions on the subject matter of types of burial practices but mostly accommodated natural full-body burials. The topic of green burials interested me greatly and upon further research, I found a sect of green burials where participants

of one’s body when one dies, cremation is more logical than burial; therefore, cremation should be more widely used rather than using burial as a way of disposal. Throughout time burial has been the most common way of disposing of the body, but today the expenses are getting to be outrageous due to the many processes that need to that take place prior to the burial. In the article, The Cost of Cremation it says, “The average cost of burial $7,500 not including the cost for a casket, and the average