TY  - BOOK
AU  - Yarrow,H.C.
TI  - A Further Contribution to the Study of the Mortuary Customs of the North American Indians
AV  - E011 
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Indians of North America -- Funeral customs and rites
N1  - Release date is 2004-03-01; Produced by Louise Hope, Anne Folland, Juliet Sutherland
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N2  - "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.)
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ER  -