Burial of the Dead

Taylor & Francis

The Burial of the Dead\nby W. H. F. Basevi\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nDelivery\nUsually delivered in 14\u201315 working days.\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: W. H. F. Basevi\nTitle: The Burial of the Dead\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Society and culture: general\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd\nPublication year: 2022\nEdition: 1\nISBN-13: 9781032349336\nISBN-10: 1032349336\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nFirst published in 1920, The Burial of the Dead emerged from the idea that the primitive man did not imagine graves as receptacles for the dead, but refuges for the living. The book is an anthropological and a philosophical quest to understand when and how the custom of burial came about within primitive society. The book does not limit itself to the customs and traditions of burial, but.