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burial

Also known as buried, laid to rest, interred, interment

thumb|Unearthed grave from the medieval Poulton Chapel

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Research

7,605 papers

The Burial: Clearance and Consequences.ReviewCold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology · 2022Green DRDOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a041087
Premature burial.Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2023Byard RWDOI: 10.1007/s12024-023-00644-z
Post-death burial and funeral practices in rural Alberta.ReviewInternational journal of palliative nursing · 2023Grainger B, Wilson DM, Rainsford SDOI: 10.12968/ijpn.2023.29.6.256
Homicidal burial - Forensic issues.Journal of forensic and legal medicine · 2023Byard RWDOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2023.102617
Editor's Introduction to Chaplain Ehman's Comments on Amputation and Limb Burial.The Journal of foot and ankle surgery : official publication of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons · 2020Malay DSDOI: 10.1053/j.jfas.2020.02.004
Earliest known human burial in Africa.Nature · 2021Martinón-Torres M, d'Errico F, Santos E et al.DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03457-8
Potential SARS-CoV-2 contamination of groundwater as a result of mass burial: A mini-review.ReviewThe Science of the total environment · 2022van Wyk Y, Ubomba-Jaswa E, Dippenaar MADOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155473
Determination of post-burial interval using entomology: A review.ReviewJournal of forensic and legal medicine · 2016Singh R, Sharma S, Sharma ADOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2016.05.004

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Commons category: Burials
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Article

47 sections

Contents

History
Reasons for human burial
Burial methods
Burial depth
Natural burial
Types
Conservation burial
Alkaline hydrolysis
Mushroom burial
Tree pod burials
Prevention of decay
Inclusion of clothing and personal effects
Traditions
Body positioning
Orientation
Inverted burial
Burial traditions throughout the world
South Korea
Tana Toraja
Australian Aboriginals (Northern Territory)
Iranian people
Burial among African-American slaves
Burial in the Baháʼí Faith
Locations
Where to bury
Marking the location of the burial
Unmarked grave
Anonymous burial
Secret burial
Multiple bodies per grave
Live burial
Burial at crossroads
Burial of animals
By humans
By other animals
Exhumation
Changing burial location
Cultural aspects of exhumation
Reinterment
Secondary burial
Alternatives to burial
Adapting traditions
Burial
Funeral ceremonies
See also
References
External links

thumb|Unearthed grave from the medieval Poulton Chapel

Burial, also known as interment or inhumation, is a method of final disposition whereby a dead body is placed into the ground, sometimes with objects. This is usually accomplished by excavating a pit or trench, placing the deceased and objects in it, and covering it over. A funeral is a ceremony that accompanies the final disposition.