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Author Taylor, Timothy, 1960 July 10-

Title The buried soul : how humans invented death / Timothy Taylor.

Publication Info. Boston : Beacon Press, [2004]

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  GT3150 .T26 2004    Available  ---
Description x, 353 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Note Originally published: London : Fourth Estate, c2002.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-344) and index.
Contents Introduction : sentiments and chronologies -- Ascending underground -- A skeleton illuminated by lightning -- The edible dead -- The foreign witness -- Welcome to weirdworld -- Vexed ghosts -- Annihilation -- Beyond the Pavlov Hills -- An unexpected vampire -- The singing bone -- Conclusion : visceral insulation.
Subject Funeral rites and ceremonies -- History.
Funeral rites and ceremonies.
History.
Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient.
Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient.
Burial.
Burial.
Human remains (Archaeology)
Human remains (Archaeology)
Human sacrifice -- Comparative studies.
Human sacrifice.
Genre/Form Comparative studies.
Subject Excavations (Archaeology)
Excavations (Archaeology)
Death -- Social aspects.
Death -- Social aspects.
ISBN 0807046728 cloth alkaline paper