The Buried Soul: How Humans Invented Death


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Do cannibals exist? Is there evidence for contemporary human sacrifice? What are vampires? The Buried Soul charts the story of the human response to death from prehistory to the present day. This book is a radical adventure into the sepulchral world.

Author: Timothy Taylor
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: 08/15/2005
Pages: 364
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 9.24h x 6.28w x 0.91d
ISBN13: 9780807046678
ISBN10: 0807046671
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Death & Dying
- Social Science | Anthropology | General
- Social Science | Customs & Traditions

About the Author
Timothy Taylor, author of The Prehistory of Sex, has appeared on National Geographic channel and HBO as an expert in ancient cultures; he teaches in the Department of Archaeological Sciences at the University of Bradford in the United Kingdom.