Thesis advisor: Melissa M. Kelley / Thesis advisor: Lisa Sowle Cahill / Thesis (STL) — Boston College, 2016. / Submitted to: Boston College. School of Theology and Ministry. / Discipline: Sacred Theology.

Submitted by Irene Nascimento (irene.kessia@ufpe.br) on 2017-05-09T18:18:48Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) DISSERTAÇÃO Giliane Cordeiro Gomes.pdf: 1989631 bytes, checksum: be40578dc069afdbe3210ec1d1ee8d41 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-05-09T18:18:48Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) DISSERTAÇÃO Giliane Cordeiro Gomes.pdf: 1989631 bytes, checksum: be40578dc069afdbe3210ec1d1ee8d41 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-02-29 / FACEPE / Este estudo tem como objetivo compreender as narrativas que os(as) idosos(as) residentes na área rural do município de Arcoverde, estado de Pernambuco, constroem sobre a morte. Através de leituras a respeito da forma que o contexto sócio histórico e cultural afeta o modo de significar a morte, como também, conhecendo a maneira como as narrativas reproduzem e visibilizam a experiência com a morte. Para tal, fundamenta-se em uma abordagem teórica e metodológica de Pesquisa Narrativa, tendo em vista o caráter social da produção de narrativas como algo onipresente e central na vida em sociedade. O argumento central é de que as narrativas sobre a morte revelam modos singulares de compreender e lidar com a morte, expressando modos de enfrentamento da vida. Esta pesquisa alinha-se às investigações em Psicologia Social com ênfase no debate sobre a produção da morte em áreas rurais. A trajetória seguida para a realização da pesquisa foi entrevista narrativa com análise temática e dialógica. De modo geral compreendo que as narrativas expressam modos particulares de atribuir sentido ao evento de morte, de forma que é possível observar a associação que os idosos(as) produzem da morte como viagem, destino, colheita, desaparecimento e ida para a vida eterna. As narrativas também deflagram a manutenção, baseada em uma ética camponesa, de práticas fúnebres voltadas para a solidariedade. A fala dos(das) idosos(as) fazem conhecer modos de envelhecer em que eles(as) permanecem ativos e envolvidos(as) socialmente em suas localidades. Por fim, as narrativas também contribuem para conhecimento de precários contextos de vida em áreas rurais, revelando a dificuldade vivida pelas pessoas desta região no acesso à saúde, assistência social e previdência. / The research aims comprehend the narratives that elderlies, inhabitants in rural area of Arcoverde, Pernambuco state, frame about the death. Through reading about the form that the socio-cultural-historical context affect the way of signify the death. As well, knowing the way as the narratives reproduce and make visible the experience with the death. For such, is based in a theoretical and methodological approach of Narrative Research, considering the social character narrative productions like as something central and omnipresent in social life. The main argument is that the narratives about death reveals unique ways to understand and to deal with the death, expressing ways to face the life. This research aligns the investigations in Social Psychology with emphasis in the debate about the death in rural zones. The path followed to realize the study was narrative interview with thematic and dialogical analysis. In general, I comprehend that the narratives express particulars ways to assign meaning to event of death. It is possible to notice the association that the elderlies make of the death like as travel, destiny, harvest, disappearing, and departure to the eternal life. The narratives trigger the maintenance, based in a peasant ethic, of mortuary practice focused on solidarity. The speech of the elderlies show ways to getting old that they remain active and involved socially in their localities. Finally, the narratives also contribute to knowledge of contexts of poor life in rural areas, revealing the difficulty experienced by the people of the region in access to health, social assistance and welfare

L’étude du bûcher funéraire fondée sur une approche anthracologique, s’inscrit dans la continuité d’unerecherche orientée vers la compréhension de l’organisation sociale des sociétés anciennes. La pratique dela crémation met en oeuvre une succession d’actions qu’il est nécessaire d’identifier pour enrichir nosconnaissances. Au travers de l’étude des bûchers en fosse individuels sous un angle anthracologique,deux objectifs ont été proposés : le premier porte sur un regard critique des données produites par lesanalyses anthracologiques en vu de proposer des catégories d’informations de premier ordre à prendre encompte lors d’études sur les structures de crémation. Le second, proprement archéologique est lié à larestitution du bûcher funéraire abordée sous l’angle de sa chaîne opératoire afin de discuter des moyensmis en oeuvre qui, d’un point de vue technique ou rituel, jalonne la conduite de la crémation. Pourrépondre à ces objectifs trois approches ont été développées.La première, anthracologique, a porté sur l’étude de dix-neuf structures de crémation du quart sud-est dela France, dix-sept appartenant à l’Antiquité, deux à la période protohistorique. L’étude de ces structuresa vu la mise en place de protocole de prélèvements et d’analyses permettant l’obtention de donnéesfiables pour une interprétation des gestes et pratiques funéraire.La deuxième, historique, propose une lecture inédite et approfondie des représentations de bûcher dansl’Antiquité, sur lesquelles un regard d’archéoanthracologue a été porté. Puis une relecture de sourcestextuelles connues et commentées, en mettant à profit nos connaissances techniques sur le sujet, enprenant le parti de vérifier, et parfois de modifier, les traductions tout en prenant soin de recontextualisercertains textes, a mis au jour des détails techniques relativement précis.La troisième approche se veut résolument accès sur la technique, il en ressort une description de la chaîneopératoire et une mise en évidence des moyens engagés pour réaliser une crémation. La conduite de lacrémation peut être vue comme un enchainement d’opérations techniques et rituelles qui ont été en partiecaractérisées par nos analyses anthracologiques. / The study of the funeral pyre based on an anthracological approach, is part of the continuity of a research oriented towards understanding the social organization of ancient societies. The practice of cremation implements a succession of actions that it is necessary to identify, to increase our knowledge. Through the study of individual pyres from an anthracological angle, two objectives have been proposed: the first concerns a critical look at the data produced by charcoal analyzes in order to propose categories of information to be taken in studies of cremation structures. The second, archaeological, is related to the restitution of the funeral pyre approached from the angle of its "chaîne opératoire" to discuss the ways implemented which, from a technical or ritual point of view, punctuates the conduct of cremation. To meet these objectives, three approaches have been developed. The first, anthracological, focused on the study of nineteen cremation structures in the south-east of France. , allowing the establishment of a protocol for sampling and analysis. The second, historical, offers a new and in-depth reading of the representations of the pyre in antiquity and textual sources on which a look of archaeanthracologist was carried. The third approach on the technique, proposes a description of the "chaîne opératoire" and a demonstration of the means committed to achieve a cremation.

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / Among the archaeological evidence, the funerary practice stands out as intentionally planned. Therefore the key to understanding archeological mortuary behavior is to reconstruct the ritual context in which burial data are created. The deviant burials are considered to be a case where the individual has been buried in a different way relative to the norm for that specific time period, and comparing these findings with the majority of the population under examination. This research present the analysis of three human graves from two archaeological sites located in the Lower San Francisco River, in the states of Alagoas and Sergipe. The objective of this study was to identify deviant burial rituals and investigate whether there is correlation between these anomalous human burials and the existence of traumas associated with violence in the material analyzed. The results have shown unique characteristics in the deposition. Furthermore, the deposition forms were associated with case of violent practices inside the burial ritual context. / Entre as evidências arqueológicas, a prática funerária se destaca como contexto intencionalmente planejado e tanto o tratamento dado ao cadáver, por cada grupo, quanto às manifestações de violência, que tem acompanhado a vida em sociedade desde os seus primórdios, estão imbuídos de valores e sentimentos. O objetivo deste estudo foi identificar formas de deposições atípicas e investigar se há correlação entre estes sepultamentos humanos anômalos e a existência de traumas associados à violência no material estudado. Para tanto, o foco desta pesquisa consistiu em analisar três enterramentos humanos provenientes de dois sítios arqueológicos situados na região do Baixo São Francisco, localizados nos estados de Sergipe e Alagoas. Metodologicamente essa investigação foi fundamentada na interpretação dos dados obtidos por meio do levantamento documental e bibliográfico, dos procedimentos de escavação recomendados pela Arqueotanatologia (antiga Antropologia de Terreno) e pelo diagnóstico e etiologia dos traumas presentes nos remanescente osteológicos humanos. Os três esqueletos estudados apresentaram características na forma de deposição que os tornaram distintos e únicos, ademais estavam associados a práticas violentas relacionadas aspectos rituais, uma vez que não foram identificados sinalizadores de guerras ou de conflitos interpessoais e sendo considerando o contexto em que estavam inseridos.

L’objet de cette thèse vise à restituer les pratiques funéraires d’une partie du territoire atrébate entre la fin de l’Âge du Fer et le début du IIIe s. apr. J.-C. Il est situé à l’est de la Cité des Atrébates, à la rencontre avec les Cités des Nerviens et des Ménapiens. L’Ostrevant n’existe pas en tant que tel dans l’Antiquité. Néanmoins, il correspond à une réalité antique mise en avant par la spécificité des pratiques funéraires par rapport au reste de la Cité et à celles qui l’environnent, soulignant ainsi la nécessité de réaliser des études à l’échelle micro-régionale.Le monde funéraire constitue aujourd’hui une thématique privilégiée, pour laquelle la masse de données rassemblées grâce à l’activité de l’archéologie préventive permet d’effectuer des synthèses de ce type. Le catalogue a été réalisé à partir des données brutes de fouilles d’ensembles funéraires faites par la Direction de l'Archéologie Préventive de la Communauté d'Agglomération du Douaisis (CAD-DAP), augmenté par le dépouillement des rapports de fouilles effectuées dans la région Nord-Pas-de-Calais par les différents opérateurs de l’archéologie préventive. Plus de six cents sépultures sont ainsi inventoriées dans l’Ostrevant, et plus de deux mille dans le Nord-Pas-de-Calais et sur la frontière belge. L’étude se découpe en sept chapitres articulés autour du traitement fait aux morts par les vivants : l’ensemble funéraire dans son espace naturel et la relation par rapport aux vivants, l’étape du bûcher, la gestion des résidus de crémation, le traitement des os brûlés du défunt, la constitution de la tombe, et les dépôts de mobilier. Un volet chronologique ouvre l’étude. Enfin, un chapitre synthétique traitant de la signification de la tombe et des dimensions sociales, culturelles et historiques clôt la thèse. / The aim of the thesis is to relate the funeral practices from a part of the territory of the Atrebates between the end of the Iron Age and the beginning of the third century A.D. It is situated at the east of the Civitas Atrebatorum, at the meeting point with the Civitas Nerviorum and the Civitas Menapiorum. The Ostrevant did not exist during antiquity ; however, it corresponds to an antique reality emphasized by the specificity of the funeral practices in comparison with the rest of the Civitas and surrounding areas, thus underlining the interest of doing studies on a micro-regional scale.The funeral world represents a privileged subject in contemporary archaeological research, and the synthesis undertaken in this thesis was made possible by the large amount of data collected by preventive archaeologists. The inventory gathers the data from the excavations of cemeteries led by the archaeological service of the Douaisis (CAD-DAP), augmented by the results of excavations made in the region Nord-Pas-de-Calais by various departments of preventive archaeology. More than 600 graves have been unearthed in the Ostrevant, and more than 6000 have been excavated in the region Nord-Pas-de-Calais.The study consists of seven chapters, organized around the treatment given to the dead by the living : the cemetery in its natural context and its relation with the living, the stage of the cremation, the management of the cremation residues, the treatment of the burned bones of the dead, the constitution of the grave, and the offerings. A chronological chapter opens the study. Finally, a synthetic chapter treating the significance of the grave and the social, cultural and historical dimensions closes the thesis.

Argos est l’un des sites majeurs de la Grèce dont l’occupation n’a cessé depuis le Néolithique jusqu’à nos jours. Cette occupation continue se traduit par un patrimoine anthropologique riche, en partie exhumé par les fouilles de l’École Française d’Athènes. Depuis les premières fouilles de Wilhelm Vollgraff en 1902, Argos a livré plusieurs centaines de tombes dispersées dans la ville moderne. Nous adoptons ici une approche bio-archéologique des sépultures, de l’Helladique moyen à l’époque ottomane, ayant livré des restes anthropologiques, en vue d’apporter un éclairage nouveau sur ce qui pouvaient être les conditions de vie à Argos. Un travail d’identification est tout d’abord réalisé afin de rendre exploitable cette collection, en grande partie issue de fouilles anciennes. Pour les 341 individus dénombrés, on a procédé à une estimation du sexe et de l’âge à travers l’étude anthropologique. Une étude croisée est ensuite réalisée faisant appel à des disciplines variées telles que : l’anthropologie dentaire, l’étude des isotopes stables ou encore la tribologie. Cela nous fournit une carte d’identité unique des individus de cette collection. Notre synthèse illustre l’intérêt de ce type d’approche multidisciplinaire en revisitant notre perception de l’Helladique moyen (2000-1600 BC), La confrontation des données bio-archéologiques et des pratiques funéraires permet de confirmer, ou parfois de nuancer, nos connaissances sur la Grèce mésohelladique parfois qualifiée de “tiers monde” de l’Égée. On y entrevoit un monde certes difficile, mais dans lequel la position d’Argos semble finalement relativement confortable en comparaison des sites voisins. / Argos is one of the major sites of Greece whose occupation has continued since the Neolithic to the present. This continued occupation results in a rich anthropological heritage, partly revealed by the excavations of the French School of Athens. Since the first excavations conducted by Wilhelm Vollgraff in 1902, Argos has revealed hundreds of graves scattered in the modern city. We adopt here a bio-archaeological approach of the burials from the Middle Helladic to the Ottoman period, which delivered anthropological remains, with the intention to shed new light on what could have been the living conditions in Argos. An identification work is first performed to make usable this collection, which largely results from earlier excavations. For the 341 individuals listed, sex, age and stature could be determined through anthropological study. A crossover study was then carried out using a variety of disciplines such as dental anthropology, the study of stable isotopes or tribology. This provides us with a unique description of the individuals of this collection. Our synthesis illustrates the value of this type of multidisciplinary approach by revisiting our perception of the Middle Helladic period (2000-1600 BC). Comparison of bio-archaeological and burial practices data confirms or sometimes nuances, our knowledge of mesohelladic Greece sometimes called the “third world” of the Aegean. It envisions a world that is certainly difficult, but in which Argos finally seems to be in a relatively comfortable position compared to neighboring sites.

Cette thèse porte sur l'étude des mobiliers funéraires en Etrurie méridionale à la période hellénistique. Elle se proposait de faire le point sur l'ensemble des données livrées par les nombreuses nécropoles du territoire de Tarquinia, en accordant une attention particulière à l'Étrurie rupestre. En partant de l'étude ponctuelle des nécropoles du site étrusco-romain de Musarna, l'analyse détaillée des mobiliers funéraires, couplée à celle des structures funéraires, a représenté la première étape d'une réflexion à plus grande échelle sur les pratiques et les rituels funéraires attestés dans la région. Au travers de la composition des assemblages funéraires, on a tenté d'identifier des éléments pouvant permettre de mieux comprendre les coutumes funéraires et leur évolution entre la fin du IV" siècle av. J.-C. et le début du 1°' siècle av. J.-C., période chronologique caractérisée par le phénomène de conquête et de « romanisation » des territoires étrusques, jusqu'à l'intégration complète des grandes métropoles dans l'État romain. Par le biais des éléments mis en évidence, on a cherché à apporter des réponses à une série de questions relatives à plusieurs aspects du monde funéraire, en relation directe avec le contexte historique : statut des défunts, spécificité sexuelle, valeur matérielle ou symbolique des dépôts. L'étude de chaque déposition a permis de mettre en évidence plusieurs aspects de la gestualité qui se déroule autour de la mort du défunt au sein de ce grand groupe culturel, et leur évolution au cours des différentes époques considérées. / This thesis deals with the study of funerary set in Southern Etruria during the Hellenistic period based on a systematic gathering of all the data supplied by the numerous necropolis of the territory of Tarquinia, with particular attention to the « Etruria rupestre ». The detailed analysis of funerary set, coupled with that of funerary structures of the Etruscan-Roman site of Musarna, was the first step in a larger-scale reflection on the funeral and rituals practices attested in this region. Through the composition of the funerary assemblages, attempts have been made to identify elements that can better illustrate funerary customs and their evolution between the end of the 4th century BC. and the beginning of the 1st century BC., a chronological period characterized by the gradual conquest and colonization of the Etruscan territories, until the complete integration of the great metropolises in the Roman state. Through the elements highlighted, an attempt was made to answer a series of questions concerning several aspects of the funerary world directly related to the historical context: the status of the deceased, the gender specificity, the material or symbolic value of the deposits. The study of each deposition made it possible to highlight several aspects of the gestuality that takes place around the death of the deceased within this great cultural group, and its evolution during the different periods considered.

Sierra Leone was heavily affected by the West African Ebola virus disease (EVD) epidemic from 2013 to 2016. Ongoing EVD transmission during the epidemic was connected to several factors including unsafe traditional burial practices. This phenomenological qualitative study addressed Kono members' perceived knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs regarding how burial practices influenced EVD transmission. Rosenstock's health belief model provided the framework for the study. The participants purposefully selected from various religions and professions were interviewed individually and in focus group settings. Similar phrases and comments were identified from the interview responses resulted which resulted in the following 5 main themes: (a) Kono community leaders and public health workers were cognizant of important EVD issues, but there was a knowledge deficit among Konos about EVD and its mode of transmission; (b) although customary burial rituals were temporarily banned from 2014 to 2016, they were practiced among the Konos to promote culture-driven dignity and respect for the dead; (c) many Konos harbored grudges and mistrusted government officials and public health workers; (d) infrastructural deficits were a barrier to health care as private and public sectors lacked training and equipment to mitigate the 2013-2016 EVD outbreak; and (e) participants were willing to adopt safer burial practices if EVD outbreaks were to reemerge. These findings indicated that EVD transmission was connected to unsafe burial practices. Findings may be used to improve community engagement and public health outreach efforts to promote safer burial practices, especially during periods of infectious disease outbreaks.

The aim of this thesis is to investigate the social role of women in the Viking Age on Gotland. The female jewellery articulated the Gotlandic identity on the island in the Viking Age, unlike the men's jewellery which expressed similarities with other places in Scandinavia. Therefore, the female jewellery can be seen as traces of an important cultural expression that distinguished the Gotlandic women from others. The understanding of which types of jewellery that are considered to be linked to the female gender during the Viking Age is based on a number of excavated graves. The jewellery in graves have been researched for a long time. However, there is another category that includes jewellery which have been neglected, namely hoards. Therefore, this thesis investigates female jewellery in graves to understand the composition of jewellery in hoards. The purpose of this is to interpret if the hoards can express a female gender identity, similar to the female gender identity in graves based on the composition of jewellery. This is realized through the use of performativity and embodiment theory. The similarities and the differences between the jewellery in graves and hoards are investigated through a correspondence analysis. The result show that the differences between the composition of jewellery in graves and hoards are meaningful. The graves consists of a more complete set of jewellery made of bronze, whereas the hoards are interpreted to consist of parts of a complete set or a larger number of the same type of jewellery. The hoards also contain more jewellery made of precious metals than the graves. The hoards are intrepreted as savings of vaiable jewellery that could be resumed and used again by women. The Guta Law is applied in this thesis to contribute to the understanding of who owned the jewellery that women wore. The result is that women did not own the jewellry individually. Instead it was owned collectively by the family but that women might have had the responsebility of the jewellery during their lifetime. It is interpreted that women, through the use of Gotlandic jewellery, had the social role in society to show off the family wealth and their Gotlandic identity. Therefore, it is argued that women played a crucial part in public gatherings and had an active role in the Gotlandic society in the Viking Age.

This Social Constructionist study originated from the researcher’s exposure to a significant loss and her unanswered questions about other cultures’ experience of grief. Literature is scarce from a social constructionist framework that focuses on the cultural experiences on death and bereavement from a South African perspective. The researcher’s aim was to provide three culturally diverse South African women constructed as ‘bereaved’ the opportunity to tell their stories of the death of a loved one and their bereavement thereof. The three diverse cultures were Tswana, Islamic Muslim and Afrikaans. A qualitative research method was employed. Unstructured, in-depth interviews were conducted with each of the three participants and the method used to analyze the collected data was thematic content analysis. The study allowed rich and valuable information about death and bereavement from three culturally diverse women to emerge. The themes of ‘mourning procedures and practices’, ‘bereavement behaviour’ ‘socio-political context’ and ‘private and public display of grief’ were identified as valuable areas for clinical practice and future research. Lay people, schools and the work environment too, will gain a better understanding of cultural differences on death and bereavement. / Psychology / M.A. (Psychology)