Inhumations [noun]

The cause of the marked change from Mycenaean inhumation to Homeric cremation is matter of conjecture.

The custom of incineration gains ground in Europe until in the Bronze Age it is the rule and inhumation the exception.

In funeral rites both inhumation and cremation were practised.

The loosened dirt then fell in at the sides, completing the inhumation.

He identified the change from 57cremation to inhumation with that from heathenism to Christianity.

A grave would in many cases be dug sufficiently long to contain the body if buried by inhumation in a crouching position.

As has been seen, there were two methods of disposing of the dead—by inhumation and by cremation.

The casting a handful of soil on the coffin is emblematic of the complete inhumation.

The remains found in the tombs of Hallstadt are almost equally divided between these two modes of inhumation.

At supper, after the inhumation, a mutual esteem had sprung up that rapidly ripened into love.