"Cremation versus Inhumation" was the subject considered at the meeting of the Nineteenth Century Club at the residence of Mr. Courtlandt Palmer, No. 117 East One Hundred and Seventeenth-street, last evening.
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Inhumation
/ɪn.hjuːˈmeɪ.ʃən/
Synonyms for "inhumation" (12 found)
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into the ground
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3 entriesarchaeological burialgrave intermentground burial
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Stampolidis's team has unearthed three types of Iron Age burials at Orthi Petra . . . dating from the ninth to the seventh century B.C.: pithos (large ceramic jar) burials, cremations, and basic inhumations.
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