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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION—BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY
A FURTHER CONTRIBUTION
STUDY OF THE MORTUARY CUSTOMS
NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS.
Dr. H. C. YARROW,
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
A FURTHER CONTRIBUTION TO THE STUDY OF THE MORTUARY CUSTOMS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS
INTRODUCTORY.
CLASSIFICATION OF BURIAL.
INHUMATION.
PIT BURIAL.
GRAVE BURIAL.
STONE GRAVES OR CISTS.
BURIAL IN MOUNDS.
BURIAL BENEATH, OR IN CABINS, WIGWAMS, OR HOUSES.
CAVE BURIAL.
EMBALMMENT OR MUMMIFICATION.
URN-BURIAL.
SURFACE BURIAL.
CAIRN-BURIAL.
CREMATION.
PARTIAL CREMATION.
AERIAL SEPULTURE.
LODGE-BURIAL.
BOX-BURIAL.
TREE AND SCAFFOLD BURIAL.
PARTIAL SCAFFOLD BURIAL AND OSSUARIES.
SUPERTERRENE AND AERIAL BURIAL IN CANOES.
AQUATIC BURIAL.
LIVING SEPULCHERS.
MOURNING, SACRIFICE, FEASTS, FOOD, DANCES, SONGS, GAMES, POSTS, FIRES, AND SUPERSTITIONS IN CONNECTION WITH BURIAL.
MOURNING.
SACRIFICE.
FEASTS.
SUPERSTITION REGARDING BURIAL FEASTS.
FOOD.
DANCES.
SONGS.
GAMES.
POSTS.
FIRES.
SUPERSTITIONS.
FOOTNOTES
INDEX
Note on Illustrations
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