Papers by Zuzana Ď U Ď Á K O V Á Zetochová
Death, rituals connected with death and burial rite are a subject of study in many fields of huma... more Death, rituals connected with death and burial rite are a subject of study in many fields of humanities.
In archaeology, burial rite can be studied not only through the manner of deposition of the body
or the burnt human remains, but also by the qualitative and quantitative analysis of grave goods.
Inhumation and cremation represent two totally different forms of the burial rite. While inhumation
is the reflection of the effort to maintain the body, cremation is expressing the desire for transformation.
Both share common characteristics like rituals, grave pit architecture, manner of body deposition
(in the grave and on the funeral pyre). The transition to cremation rite significantly changed the relation
of the body and grave goods. In the case of pottery and animal remains, a rather high variability
occurs in the manner of their deposition in respect to the body or to the burnt human remains.
Studia Historica Nitriensia 17, 2013- 1, s. 23 - 31
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Papers by Zuzana Ď U Ď Á K O V Á Zetochová
In archaeology, burial rite can be studied not only through the manner of deposition of the body
or the burnt human remains, but also by the qualitative and quantitative analysis of grave goods.
Inhumation and cremation represent two totally different forms of the burial rite. While inhumation
is the reflection of the effort to maintain the body, cremation is expressing the desire for transformation.
Both share common characteristics like rituals, grave pit architecture, manner of body deposition
(in the grave and on the funeral pyre). The transition to cremation rite significantly changed the relation
of the body and grave goods. In the case of pottery and animal remains, a rather high variability
occurs in the manner of their deposition in respect to the body or to the burnt human remains.
In archaeology, burial rite can be studied not only through the manner of deposition of the body
or the burnt human remains, but also by the qualitative and quantitative analysis of grave goods.
Inhumation and cremation represent two totally different forms of the burial rite. While inhumation
is the reflection of the effort to maintain the body, cremation is expressing the desire for transformation.
Both share common characteristics like rituals, grave pit architecture, manner of body deposition
(in the grave and on the funeral pyre). The transition to cremation rite significantly changed the relation
of the body and grave goods. In the case of pottery and animal remains, a rather high variability
occurs in the manner of their deposition in respect to the body or to the burnt human remains.