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Burial Rites

Burial Rites is a formalized set of ceremonial practices and rituals prescribed by a cultural or religious tradition for the disposition of human remains, distinguished by their symbolic, spiritual, and communal functions in mediating the transition between death and the afterlife.

396

Publications

16.7K

Citations

677

Authors

303

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

64

Variants

Mortuary Rites

Parents

Publications

396

The archaeology of death and burial

Choice Reviews Online · 2000 · 989 citations

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Genome flux and stasis in a five millennium transect of European prehistory

Cristina Gamba, Eppie R. Jones, Matthew D. Teasdale et al. · Nature Communications · 2014 · 711 citations · Full text

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Death and Burial in the Roman World

Larissa Bonfante Warren, J. M. C. Toynbee · The Classical World · 1972 · 324 citations

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Death and Burial in the Roman World

L. Richardson, J. M. C. Toynbee · The American Journal of Philology · 1973 · 275 citations

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“Warrior Graves”? The Background of the Anglo-Saxon Weapon Burial Rite

Heinrich Härke · Past & Present · 1990 · 250 citations

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Authors

677

  1. JM
    J. M. C. Toynbee

    Science Oxford, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 721 citations

    4

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  2. JI
    Jacqueline I. McKinley

    National Museums Scotland, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 231 citations

    4

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  3. JR
    Julie Rugg

    University of York, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 265 citations

    4

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  4. AW
    Alasdair Whittle

    Cardiff University, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 768 citations

    3

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  5. JT
    Julian Thomas

    University of Manchester, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 155 citations

    3

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Institutions

303

  1. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    714 citations

  2. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    6 h-index

    10 publications

    1.1K citations

  3. University of York

    York, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    302 citations

  4. De la Préhistoire à l'Actuel : Culture, Environnement et Anthropologie

    Pessac, France

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    178 citations

  5. Oxford Archaeology

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    1.1K citations

  6. University of Sheffield

    Sheffield, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    10 publications

    331 citations

  7. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    315 citations

  8. Durham University

    Durham, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    205 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 25 publications · 2.8K citations

    23

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  2. Antiquity

    17 publications · 503 citations

    14

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  3. Mortality

    14 publications · 489 citations

    13

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  4. European Journal of Archaeology

    EJA · 7 publications · 156 citations

    7

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  5. PLoS ONE

    7 publications · 310 citations

    7

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