- the term
excarnation (also
known as defleshing)
refers to the
practice of
removing the
flesh and
organs of the dead
before burial.
Excarnation may be achieved...
- of Silence, is a circular,
raised structure built by
Zoroastrians for
excarnation (that is, the
exposure of
human corpses to the
elements for decomposition)...
-
vultures and corvids. It is a
specific type of the
general practice of
excarnation. It is
practiced in Tibet, Qinghai, Sichuan, and
Inner Mongolia, as well...
- plan.
Anthropodermic bibliopegy (books
bound in
human skin)
Degloving Excarnation Scalping Écorché p.69
Kleine Kulturgeschichte der Haut. p. 69. Ernst...
- to
exhaustion and hyperthermia. In
Tibetan Buddhism the
practice of
excarnation – that is, the
exposure of dead
human bodies to
carrion birds and/or...
- is a
Tibetan open-air
excarnation funerary practice. Sky
burial may also
refer to: Dakhma, a
Zoroastrian open-air
excarnation funerary practice Space...
-
other alterations,
which could be
evidence of
mortuary practices like
excarnation.
Fossils of
Herto Man were
first recovered in 1997 from the
Upper Herto...
- sea. One
theory of use is that
Seahenge was a
mortuary enclosure for
excarnation rather than a meeting-place, like a
henge monument. In view of the relatively...
- Neanderthals, like some
contemporary human cultures, may have
practiced excarnation for
presumably religious reasons (see
Neanderthal behavior § Cannibalism...
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Prosection Taxidermy Disposal Burial Natural burial Cremation Dismemberment Excarnation Promession Resomation Beating heart cadaver Body
donation Cadaveric spasm...