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Grave goods

LC control no.sh2001002091
Topical headingGrave goods
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Variant(s)Burial goods
Burial objects
Grave objects
See alsoCeremonial objects
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Funeral rites and ceremonies
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Scope noteHere are entered works on articles that are placed in the grave with a body at the time of burial.
Found inWork cat.: 2001001179: Mitchell, D.R. Ancient burial practices in the American Southwest, 2001.
Cambridge encyc. archao.: p. 375 (In many of the burial mounds in North America, adult males were accompanied by grave goods indicating their status in society.)
Encyc. human evolution and prehistory, 1998.: p. 497-498 (Ritual, earliest archaic ritual is the disposal of the dead, often covered with red ocher and given grave goods.)
Pearson anthro. glossary: p. 102 (Grave goods are articles placed in the grave with the corpse at the time of burial.)
WWW, Feb. 26, 2001 (grave goods; grave objects; burial goods; burial objects)