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Preferred term

graves  

Definition(s)

  • The depositing of the dead in graves is only known from Homo sapiens and Homo Neandertalensis.Graves belong to the earliest and most important testimonies of human culture. But in many recent cultures, burials do not imply as a necessary accompaniment any kind of grave. [Source: Encyclopedia of Anthropology; Graves]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-QMF58W7K-V

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