The Origins of Funeral Rites.
Odile Jacob| N° d'inventaire | 22223 |
| Format | 14.5 x 22 |
| Détails | 254 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2019 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782738149794 |
In this book, Eric Crubézy takes us on a journey of discovery through funeral rites from around the world and shows us, through unpublished documents, that it is possible, despite their apparent diversity, to connect practices as different as Christian burial and the turning of the dead in Madagascar. From Siberia to Cameroon, via Pharaonic Egypt and southern Europe, three stages appear to structure all funeral rites, even since prehistory. What do they teach us about the relationship between humans and death? Eric Crubézy, a physician-archaeologist, is a professor of anthropobiology at the University of Toulouse-III and directs the "Molecular Anthropology and Synthetic Imaging" laboratory, which brings together archaeologists, anthropologists, and forensic doctors (CNRS/Paul-Sabatier University). After excavating funerary complexes on four continents for more than forty years and participating in the study of cemetery management in France, he is currently devoting himself to excavations in North-East Siberia.
In this book, Eric Crubézy takes us on a journey of discovery through funeral rites from around the world and shows us, through unpublished documents, that it is possible, despite their apparent diversity, to connect practices as different as Christian burial and the turning of the dead in Madagascar. From Siberia to Cameroon, via Pharaonic Egypt and southern Europe, three stages appear to structure all funeral rites, even since prehistory. What do they teach us about the relationship between humans and death? Eric Crubézy, a physician-archaeologist, is a professor of anthropobiology at the University of Toulouse-III and directs the "Molecular Anthropology and Synthetic Imaging" laboratory, which brings together archaeologists, anthropologists, and forensic doctors (CNRS/Paul-Sabatier University). After excavating funerary complexes on four continents for more than forty years and participating in the study of cemetery management in France, he is currently devoting himself to excavations in North-East Siberia.