The material culture of mortuary practices is one of the central sources at our disposal in the archaeological interpretation of past societies. The purpose of this. Verkkothe obituary genre can give us a view into cultural attitudes towards death and their change over time through who is portrayed and how. This thesis aims to find out. Verkkorites of passage to death. Japanese culture also prescribes rites of passage even after one’s death in a tradition of ancestor worship. This article focuses on these. 455) suggest that obituaries exist as a ‘cultural blueprint’, simultaneously offering biographical information and a reflection of a society’s. Verkkoin tracing the ways in which aboriginal women have been projected on the canvass of the nation’s memorials—in obituaries—this article interrogates. Verkkothroughout her book, janice hume argues convincingly argues that obituaries are historically and socially important because “mainstream newspaper obituaries. Verkkoto better understand how our cultural identities are materialised, i drew on niche construction theory from evolutionary biology and identified three. Verkkojanice hume bases this book on the proposition that obituaries serve a social need by mirroring and reinforcing basic cultural values of a period.
