Some holiday musings on the inspiration for the funeral and burial customs in J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings.

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Looking at the burial customs of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and their migration west.

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What's up with those saints-in-a-box? Considering what the concept of "incorrupt saints" shows us about Catholic beliefs and their perception of the body. 

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The Shakers reached a peak population of around 6,000 in 1840, living in 19 villages in the northeastern United States. Their cemeteries are simple and reflective of their way of life... but looking a little deeper shows ingenuity and social structure that might not be evident at first.

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The Harvard Shaker Cemetery by Roben Campbell

The Disappearing Quaker Cemetery by Thomas and Brenda Malloy

Examining how the American Indian Movement and fight for Native American Rights in the 1970s and 1980s lead to the vilifying of indigenous remains and the popular trope of the haunted "Indian Burial Ground".

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Scaffold burials are some of the most striking and well documented indigenous burial traditions, but are also fascinating case studies to understand how different cultures deal with the same harsh realities of death.

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Looking at the pre-contact civilizations building incredibly complex networks of ceremonial and funerary mounds, some of which pre-date both the pyramids and Stonehenge!

Exploring the racist treatment of Native North American remains throughout history and how the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act seeks to repair that. 

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This week I team up with one of my favorite Atlanta podcasts Archive Atlanta to explore the weird history of body snatching. Happy Halloween!

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Looking at how memorials can give a voice to innocent victims and how good historical research can help us to look back and understand what was previously unknown important facts about the past. The Salem Witchcraft Trials of 1692 are still being learned about and interpreted today as we continue to come to terms with our difficult past.

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