Analysis of environmental impacts of burial sites
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DOI: 10.1007/s10163-015-0439-y
Abstract: Foot and mouth disease and avian influenza are highly contagious. The foot and mouth disease virus can be transmitted in a number of ways, including close-contact animal-to-animal spread, long-distance aerosol spread, and fomites (inanimate objects,… read more here.
Keywords: carcass burial; sites constructed; foot mouth; burial sites ... See more keywords
Prehistoric Coastal Mass Burials: Did Death Come in Waves?
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DOI: 10.1007/s10816-018-9386-y
Abstract: Recent large tsunamis in the twenty-first century have provided graphic reminders of the catastrophic impacts such natural hazards can have upon coastal communities. Death tolls in the thousands give rise to the rapid adoption of… read more here.
Keywords: mass burials; death; mass; mass burial ... See more keywords
A Matter of Grave Concern: Burial Sites and Funeral Rites in the Nineteenth-Century Philippines
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DOI: 10.1353/phs.2021.0012
Abstract: Abstract:This article seeks to describe the colonial cemetery in the Philippines at the turn of the eighteenth and the nineteenth century in four material dimensions: location, spatial planning, ethnic and social differentiation, and economical importance… read more here.
Keywords: matter grave; concern burial; nineteenth century; century ... See more keywords
Design of mass burial sites for safe and dignified disposal of pandemic fatalities
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DOI: 10.1680/jenge.20.00070
Abstract: The huge number of fatalities due to COVID-19 pandemic has imposed an unprecedented pressure on existing burial facilities. Thus, mass burial is being used in different parts of the world to cope w... read more here.
Keywords: design mass; dignified disposal; mass burial; burial sites ... See more keywords