Preservation and treatment of dead

Question 1

Methods of body disposal

Answer 1

Burial in sediment
Cremation
Burial at sea
Storage above ground
Exposure
Dissolution
Resomation
Maceration
Promession
MUshroom Burial

Question 2

Examples of earliest human burials

Answer 2

From upper palaeolithic
Multiple of single burials
Bodies interred supine-extended
Decorated dress and adornments
Grave goods
Red ochre (head)
In Russia and Czech

Question 3

Percentage of burials now?

Answer 3

95% cremation
less than 1% at sea

Question 4

Rule in sea burials

Answer 4

Holes in coffin
Beyond 3 miles
Removal of organs

Question 5

Methods of body preservation

Answer 5

Embalming
Mummification
Cryonics
Taxidermy
Plastination

Question 6

Way to identify cannibalism of remains

Answer 6

Brain exposure
Facial mutilation
Burnt bone
Dismemberment
Pattern of missing elements
Splintering of long bone shafts exposing marrow cavities
Cut marks
Bone breakage
Anvil or hammerstone abrasions
Missing vertebrae
Polishing of fragment ends

Question 7

Explanations of cannibalism

Answer 7

Endocannibalism - kin
Exocannibalism - stranger
starvation + hanger
Protein deficiency
Symbolism