Ant3026 exam review - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Which of the following is a method of disposal for the deceased? a) Excarnation b) Consumption c) Cremation d) All of these answers are correct - d) All of these answers are correct Which of the following is a type of burial? a) Primary b) Mass burial c) Secondary d) All of these answers are correct - d) All of these answers are correct

Vampires - Mythological or folkloric beings who subsist by feeding on the life essence (generally in the form of blood) of living creatures, regardless of whether they are undead, a revenant, or a living being. Vrykolakas - The Greek term for vampire, or revenant. A tradition of placing objects on or near the corpse persisted in modern folklore, where a wax cross and piece of pottery inscribed with "Jesus Christ conquers" were placed on the corpse to prevent the body from becoming a vampi...

Vampires - Mythological or folkloric beings who subsist by feeding on the life essence (generally in the form of blood) of living creatures, regardless of whether they are undead, a revenant, or a living being. Vrykolakas - The Greek term for vampire, or revenant. A tradition of placing objects on or near the corpse persisted in modern folklore, where a wax cross and piece of pottery inscribed with "Jesus Christ conquers" were placed on the corpse to prevent the body from becoming a vampi...

Among the _____, the indigenous people of the Canary Islands, all people were mummified, not just the elites. - Gaunche True or False: Among the Inca, leaders were seen as being the children of the gods and thus worthy of mummification and worship. - True True or False: Cross-cultural studies have shown that all cultures fear death and bodies of the dead. - False

Atypical burials - Representations of the bizarre, as they deviate from the normalized burial traditions of a region, time period or cemetery" - Mistakes during internment - Evolution into a fear of the dead -necrophobia - Insight into the living - Intentionality of these burials - Social persona/deviant social persona