{"product_id":"the-burial-of-the-dead-9781032349336","title":"The Burial of the Dead","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1920, \u003ci\u003eThe Burial of the Dead \u003c\/i\u003eemerged from the idea that the primitive man did not imagine graves as receptacles for the dead, but refuges for the living. The book is an anthropological and a philosophical quest to understand when and how the custom of burial came about within primitive society. The book does not limit itself to the customs and traditions of burial, but also engages with the concepts of death, life, and afterlife as conceived by the primitive man. In doing so, the author traces a continuity between the strength of beliefs in a primitive society and in a modern one, as well as the development of those beliefs into universal principles. This book will be of interest to anyone trying to unravel the mystery of death and especially to students of anthropology, history, philosophy and religion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePreface Introduction\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cb\u003e1.\u003c\/b\u003e The Cave of Aurignac \u003cb\u003e2. \u003c\/b\u003eThe journey of the Dead \u003cb\u003e3. \u003c\/b\u003eFuneral Offerings \u003cb\u003e4. \u003c\/b\u003eOrientation of Graves \u003cb\u003e5. \u003c\/b\u003eThe Land of the Dead \u003cb\u003e6. \u003c\/b\u003eLost Atlantis \u003cb\u003e7. \u003c\/b\u003eUnderground Regions of the Dead \u003cb\u003e8. \u003c\/b\u003eDwellings and Graves \u003cb\u003e9. \u003c\/b\u003eThe Breton Lake of the Dead \u003cb\u003e10. \u003c\/b\u003eChange and Forgetting \u003cb\u003e11. \u003c\/b\u003eThe Life of the Dead \u003cb\u003e12. \u003c\/b\u003eFuneral Offerings \u003cb\u003e13. \u003c\/b\u003eGhosts \u003cb\u003e14. \u003c\/b\u003eAncestor Worship \u003cb\u003e15. \u003c\/b\u003eConcurrent Methods of Burial \u003cb\u003e16. \u003c\/b\u003eTree Burial \u003cb\u003e17. \u003c\/b\u003eMourning \u003cb\u003e18. \u003c\/b\u003eRelics of Voluntary Outlawry \u003cb\u003e19. \u003c\/b\u003ePrison \u003cb\u003e20. \u003c\/b\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018994024791,"sku":"9781032349336","price":99.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032349336.jpg?v=1750778950","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-burial-of-the-dead-9781032349336","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}