Closing the family tomb after a famadihana (turning of the bones). Many Malagasy groups still use megalithic communal tombs and standing stones, similar to the chambered tombs of prehistoric Western Europe. (ethnoarchaeology) (Original teaching slide code: WG-19)
Holdings
35mm slide: 20500
Image Categories
Activity: Ritual/religion; Architecture: Funerary
Museum of Anthropological Archaeology Restricted
Description
Old and new in Istanbul; ancient grave stones, modern apartments, Turkey.
Holdings
35mm slide: 7543
Image Categories
Architecture: City/town/neighborhood/precinct; Architecture: Funerary; Architecture: House or other domestic structure
Museum of Anthropological Archaeology Restricted
Description
Tomb of Ghiyas-ud-din-Tughluq, note fortifications. (Original teaching slide code: RB-15) 14th century
Mitla -- entry to tomb in subterranean patio group.
Date of Photo
1946
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35mm slide: 476
Image Categories
Architecture: Funerary
Museum of Anthropological Archaeology Restricted
Description
Mitla -- Tomb interior.
Date of Photo
1946
Holdings
35mm slide: 477
Image Categories
Architecture: Funerary
Museum of Anthropological Archaeology
Description
Grave of Sobrino, a resident of Samachique Pueblo who died in Umira and was buried in the Rejogochi cemetery. The body was wrapped in a blanket which was secured to a corral pole and carried to the gravesite. After burial, the pole was left at the grave. The small wooden cross to the left of the larger wooden cross at the head of the grave is comparable to Item 92032.
Date of Photo
Jan. 26, 1979
Holdings
35mm slide: 19729
Image Categories
Architecture: Funerary
Museum of Anthropological Archaeology Restricted
Description
Stairway to subterranean tomb. Facing east. Mitla, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Holdings
35mm slide: 3343
Image Categories
Architecture: Funerary
Museum of Anthropological Archaeology Restricted
Description
Entrance to stairway to subterranean tomb, facing east. Mitla, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Holdings
35mm slide: 3344
Image Categories
Architecture: Funerary
Museum of Anthropological Archaeology
Description
Slabs around burial area. Cuicuilco
Date of Photo
Jul. 1955
Holdings
35mm slide: 8393
Image Categories
Architecture: Funerary
Museum of Anthropological Archaeology
Description
Slabs around burial area. Cuicuilco
Date of Photo
Jul. 1955
Holdings
35mm slide: 8394
Image Categories
Architecture: Funerary
Museum of Anthropological Archaeology Restricted
Description
Passage grave, Shimanosho, Yamato, Japan.
Holdings
35mm slide: 2846
Image Categories
Architecture: Funerary
Museum of Anthropological Archaeology Restricted
Description
Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona. Ruins. Burial cists. Southwestern Monuments Association slide H-19.