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"I found this to be quite the enjoyable read. Yes, it is an academic monograph, but well written and well put together. It holds a lot of really insightful of ideas back up by a wide assortment of example from all over the place."
"Voltaire said: "The human race is the only that knows it must die, and it knows this only through its experience. A child brought up alone and transported to a desert island would have no more idea of death than a cat or plant."
This is absolutely a textbook but it's still a fun read. It's real studies and research on how differing societies and times interned their dead, why(religiously, in judgement, etc), and what factors archaeologists believe play a part such as wealth and social status.The book is rife with clinical drawings of sites where objects were found.
Some fun facts: Grave Orientation: "Christian burials are laid west-east with their heads to the west so that they may arise on the Day of Judgement to face God in the east."
Cemetary Organization: "Cemeteries reveal much more than grave good variation and chronology, and may provide evidence about kinship, gender and other indicators of social status." Cases in point: gender segregation and marital status.
Etc: Tandroy tombs are modeled after cattle pens since it plays such a large social fator. Canabalism: I'll stop there...but it happens."
"i would like to give this one a 2.5 rating. it's good, but it's also quite stuffy and i found my attention wandering in places. that said, it covers a lot of ground, with examples from many different cultures and eras. i may recommend this book to someone who is extremely interested in the subject matter, but even then i would advise the reader to proceed with caution - this is dense, dry, and potentially quite dull."
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