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Title: A Further Contribution to the Study of the Mortuary Customs of the North American Indians
Credits:
Produced by Louise Hope, Anne Folland, Juliet Sutherland
and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at
https://www.pgdp.net. (This file was produced from images
generously made available by the Canadian Institute for
Historical Microreproductions (www.canadiana.org) and The
Internet Archive (http://www.archive.org).)
Summary: "A Further Contribution to the Study of the Mortuary Customs of the North American Indians" by Dr. H. C. Yarrow is a scientific publication written during the late 19th century. The text focuses on the diverse burial practices and rituals associated with death among various North American Indigenous tribes, aiming to document these customs before they are lost to modernization and cultural change. The opening of the work introduces the purpose of the study, which is to compile and analyze mortuary customs among North American Indians, a subject of growing interest in ethnological research. Dr. Yarrow emphasizes the rapid decline of these traditional practices and the importance of preserving them for future study. He outlines the classifications of burial methods, including inhumation in pits and graves, cremation, and aquatic burials, setting the stage for a detailed examination of various tribes' rituals and ceremonies surrounding death. The beginning establishes a multifaceted view of how different cultures within North America approach the concept of death and burial, highlighting the diversity and commonalities in these significant rituals. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 61.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Author: Yarrow, H. C. (Harry Crécy), 1840-1929
EBook No.: 11398
Published: Mar 1, 2004
Downloads: 405
Language: English
Subject: Indians of North America -- Funeral customs and rites
LoCC: History: America: America
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: A Further Contribution to the Study of the Mortuary Customs of the North American Indians
Credits:
Produced by Louise Hope, Anne Folland, Juliet Sutherland
and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at
https://www.pgdp.net. (This file was produced from images
generously made available by the Canadian Institute for
Historical Microreproductions (www.canadiana.org) and The
Internet Archive (http://www.archive.org).)
Summary: "A Further Contribution to the Study of the Mortuary Customs of the North American Indians" by Dr. H. C. Yarrow is a scientific publication written during the late 19th century. The text focuses on the diverse burial practices and rituals associated with death among various North American Indigenous tribes, aiming to document these customs before they are lost to modernization and cultural change. The opening of the work introduces the purpose of the study, which is to compile and analyze mortuary customs among North American Indians, a subject of growing interest in ethnological research. Dr. Yarrow emphasizes the rapid decline of these traditional practices and the importance of preserving them for future study. He outlines the classifications of burial methods, including inhumation in pits and graves, cremation, and aquatic burials, setting the stage for a detailed examination of various tribes' rituals and ceremonies surrounding death. The beginning establishes a multifaceted view of how different cultures within North America approach the concept of death and burial, highlighting the diversity and commonalities in these significant rituals. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 61.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Author: Yarrow, H. C. (Harry Crécy), 1840-1929
EBook No.: 11398
Published: Mar 1, 2004
Downloads: 405
Language: English
Subject: Indians of North America -- Funeral customs and rites
LoCC: History: America: America
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.