Activities associated with the disposition of the dead

Premature burial and how it may be prevented : with special reference to trance, catalepsy, and other forms of suspended animation / by William Tebb ... and Col. Edward Perry Vollum.

Modern cremation : its history and practice with information relating to the recently improved arrangements made by the Cremation Society of England / by Sir H. Thompson.

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

M0011784: Reproduction of an illustration depicting a long chambered burial cairn in Midhowe, Rousay, Orkney

iv, 250 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

The archaeology of death and burial / Mike Parker Pearson.

'Cremation' : a lecture delivered before the Warrington Literary and Philosophical Society, on March 20th, 1893 / by C.E. Richmond.

Sanitary disposal of the dead : a lecture / delivered by C.N. Peirce.

Il sonno e la memoria : idee della morte e politiche funerarie nella Rivoluzione francese / Marina Sozzi, Charles Porset.

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Mortuary Practice

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M0011784: Reproduction of an illustration depicting a long chambered burial cairn in Midhowe, Rousay, Orkney

The archaeology of death and burial / Mike Parker Pearson.

'Cremation' : a lecture delivered before the Warrington Literary and Philosophical Society, on March 20th, 1893 / by C.E. Richmond.

Sanitary disposal of the dead : a lecture / delivered by C.N. Peirce.

Il sonno e la memoria : idee della morte e politiche funerarie nella Rivoluzione francese / Marina Sozzi, Charles Porset.

Mortuary Practice

Images from the collections

Images about Mortuary Practice

Works from the collections

M0011784: Reproduction of an illustration depicting a long chambered burial cairn in Midhowe, Rousay, Orkney

The archaeology of death and burial / Mike Parker Pearson.

'Cremation' : a lecture delivered before the Warrington Literary and Philosophical Society, on March 20th, 1893 / by C.E. Richmond.

Sanitary disposal of the dead : a lecture / delivered by C.N. Peirce.

Il sonno e la memoria : idee della morte e politiche funerarie nella Rivoluzione francese / Marina Sozzi, Charles Porset.

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