Ship burial

JESSIE EMMA COOK was born in Heart’s Content at the end of 1880 or the beginning of 1881 and was baptised at St Mary’s Church on the 14th of January 1881. At some point during the early 1900s, Jessie married a man by the name of John Carmichael Dunning. Born in Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire in Scotland in 1882 to parents William and Janet (née Carmichael) Dunning, John was a telegraphist like Jessie’s father. Few reasons would have given Jessie reason to leave Heart’s Content, much less…

The Sarcophagus of Hagia Triada depicts Minoan funerary rites to honour the dead. Sacrifices and gift giving as part of the procession are shown on each of the sides. On one side, the people are presenting the gifts to the dead man himself, standing outside his tomb. The piece has a strong emphasis on line, shape, and colour. Many patterns adorn around the main register. The entire piece is filled with colour, though now most of it has faded. Strong lines separate each part of the patterns and…

Ghazal people were known for burying some of their dead close to their homes, some beneath the floors of their houses, others outside in the surrounding terrain. This was actually because these family members were denied a burial ceremony. We already know that ceremonial burials played a key part in many earlier civilizations; the reason as to why this small group of people were denied still remains a mystery. Something that seemed interesting was that roughly half the figurines are of wild…

Caitlin is a very interesting writer and she wrote about a very interesting subject. Starting the book, I had no expectations for what it was going to be like and the first chapter took me by surprise. Day one at her new job, she had to give an old man a clean shave. Normally, people learn the ropes of the whole business for the first few days but she was thrown in right away to shave a man’s face. Luckily, she said she did a great job from the evidence that the family did not notice if she had…

pick from. Picking the Deceased The body needs to be collected from the funeral home. Most people like to go in person to do this, but if it is not something you are comfortable to do, just let the directors pick it up and bring it to the site of burial. They deal with the paperwork needed to obtain the body from the…

The funeral figures of the Cameroon Grasslands, the Fang and the Kota are similar in usage, but take different forms. This is because of the placement of the communities. It is also because of the constant moving of the Fang and Kota communities, due to enemies pushing them out of the area. During the Cry-Die ceremony, which is Creole for funeral, people of the Cameroon Grasslands mourn the passing of a loved one. Elaborately beaded, cotton, crocheted hats worn by chiefs are worn. Other people…

respecting culture through repatriation and reburial are important even in the work that is taken for granted. Tombs, and pharaohs of Egypt are things of common display in museums, frequently photographed, and yet the sole purpose of existence is burial, for the preservation of remains in a respectful way. While the mummified remains of Pharaohs are not buried physically, the removal of their remains from the final resting place is the same. Archaeology has the responsibility to handle remains…

Rejecting Tradition: A Funeral Plan for Rebecca James It is unfortunate that society seems to give far less consideration to planning for death than is given to planning the other major events in life like birth or marriage. As death is our final chance to speak to those we love, and given that we are unable to predict when it will happen; it is advisable to consider funeral planning early, and communicate and record these desires to eliminate confusion when the need for them arises. This…

archaeological excavations started to be performed in burial mounds D and E at the Kolomoki site, but mound E had the most pottery located in it (Sears 1953). The pottery found in the mounds included effigy figurines of humans, panthers, fishes, deer, and various birds which was very unusual for archaeologists because they did not think that the Swift Creek culture were able to mold pottery into these 3-D vessels (Pluckhahn 2007). Mound E Mound E was a huge burial mound where the Swift Creek…

graveyard that will serve as a final resting place, or in a longhouse where the grieving family lives. Afterwards, the now dry bones of the decayed corpse are ritualistically cleaned by close kin, and the body is then laid to rest in a form of “second burial” within a valuable jar, or coffin, inside of the family mausoleum.…