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Recent papers in Cenotaphs
Cenotaphs Erected for the Repose of Animals’ Soul after World War II in Taiwan
Breve recuento de la interacción entre imaginería y estéticas de las religiones no oficiales y de las instituidas,en el contexto de las industrias culturales y el fanismo, Una aproximación a algunas prácticas devocinales populares... more
The author examines a set of funerary stelae decorated with an openwork ankh pattern and explores the implications of the use of the sign for reconstructing the archaeological context of monument groups, ritual activity, and private... more
Studies of soldiers killed in the battlefield. Commemorative epitaphs. Military cenotaphs. Epigraphy.
La mort d’autrui est une épreuve que les communautés humaines ont dû apprendre à surmonter dès les premiers temps de l’Humanité. Ce travail est une exploration des différentes réponses proposées par l’homme face au problème de la perte de... more
A Special Burial Custom: ’Empty’ Graves in the Avar period. In the past decades researchers examining burial customs have recognised local phenomena pointing to the cultural diversity of the Avar population inhabiting the Carpathian... more
"Durante la primavera de 1937, se realizó la apertura de uno de los fardos funerarios de primera categoría extraídos por el doctor Julio C. Tello; sin embargo, él y sus distinguidos invitados resultaron burlados por la magia de los... more
Cenotaphs Erected for the Repose of Animals’ Soul during Japanese Colonial Era
In the West the cult of the remains and relics of heroes is a tradition that can essentially be traced back to Ancient Greece. Nevertheless, when analyzing the re-emergence of the hero cult during a period as decisive in modern European... more
В статье публикуются и анализируются материалы, полученные при исследовании скифского кургана 6 группы «Водовод» e с. Глиное Слободзейского р-на на левобережье Нижнего Днестра. Курган был сооружен на рубеже IV–III вв. до н. э. и содержал... more
In this contribution I analyse whether and how in Hong Kong’s case the move from one to another imagined community – from the British to the Chinese empire – has complicated the construction of a single historical narrative due to... more
This project aims to analyze and interpret a substantial collection of a specific type of material culture produced in Iran and Central Asia mainly during the Timurid period (c. 1370 to c. 1510), namely woodcarvings. While only few... more
This paper on the monumental tomb at Agios Milianos proposes an alternative function of the tomb as a cenotaph and its transformation into a deathscape, a place of memory and commemoration in the bay of Lindos during the Hellenistic... more
This article presents the history of the construction of king Władysław Warneńczyk's cenotaph in the Cracow Cathedral in Wawel. The reasons for its so late erecting (1906) as well as the choosing sculptor Antoni Madeyski for its maker... more
В статье публикуются и анализируются материалы, полученные при исследовании скифских курганов 1 и 2 группы Воловарската Могила у с. Новокаменка Измаильского района на левобережье Нижнего Дуная. Оба кургана оказались кенотафами, поскольку... more
Shestovytsya cemetery has long been hindered by an incomplete publication of excavation material. This paper presents amendments to the cemetery composition in preparation for a comprehensive publication. Barrow numbers are corrected,... more
The article presents the experience of summarizing data on «symbolic» burials with early medieval Turks from Altai-and-Sayan region. Subject to a detailed description being a tradition of making cenotaphs, specifying variants of such... more
Imágenes en anexo a El Cenotafio de Gilda en Villa Paranacito, Entre Ríos
Cruces, Tensiones e Interacciones entre imaginerías e imágenes. Estéticas devocionales populares atravesadas por los productos y los medios masivos.
Cruces, Tensiones e Interacciones entre imaginerías e imágenes. Estéticas devocionales populares atravesadas por los productos y los medios masivos.
A festschrift article to honour the scholarship of Professor Monica Juneja on her 65th birthday. In this short piece I discuss the intertextuality between a painted chatri and the painted scrolls of North Eastern Rajasthan. The article... more